Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:1
There were two men in one city - See a discourse on fables at the end of Judges 9:56 ; (note), and a discourse on parabolic writing at the end of the thirteenth chapter of Matthew. There is nothing in this parable that requires illustration; its bent is evident; and it was construed to make David, unwittingly, pass sentence on himself. It was in David's hand, what his own letters were in the hands of the brave but unfortunate Uriah. read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:10
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house ,.... During his life, and as appeared in the slaughter of his sons Ammon and Absalom before his death, and of Adonijah quickly after, and in his posterity through their wars with the children of Israel, and other nations: because thou hast despised me ; his commandments, and that in effect was despising him the lawgiver: and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife ; which being repeated shows that it was... read more