2 Samuel 12:1 ASV

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

A year passed away. The child of Bathsheba was born. We can imagine what that year had been to David. Bathsheba, whom in all probability he truly loved, was with him as his wife; but it is inevitable that he had been haunted by the memory of Uriah and by the fear of Joab. At last the prophet Nathan came and uttered a parable in which David's sin was portrayed. David uttered his opinion on the side of right. Then, like a flash, the prophet charged David with having committed the sin David had... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:1-14

Through Nathan The Prophet YHWH Calls David To Account For His Sins (1 Samuel 12:1-15 a). David should have been aware that YHWH knew his secret sins. He said so often enough in his Psalms. But it is a sign of how hardened even the most spiritual person can become to the truth about himself that David appears to have felt no qualms about the appalling behaviour in which he had been involved. After all, affairs were going well at Rabbah, he now had Bathsheba as his wife, he was looking forward... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

2 Samuel 12. David’ s Repentance. Capture of Rabbah (J).— The section concerning Nathan ( 2 Samuel 12:1-Ezra : a) is sometimes regarded as a later addition by some one who was anxious to point out and emphasize the moral; but this view is not generally held. Only 2 Samuel 12:10-2 Kings : need be regarded as editorial. The chapter is important because it shows that the primitive ideas as to the morality of Yahweh were very real, though they might be defective in some directions. 2 Samuel... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 12:1

Nathan, the prophet, 2 Samuel 7:2; 1 Kings 1:8. When the ordinary means did not awaken David to repentance, God useth an extraordinary course. Thus the merciful God pities and prevents him who had so horribly forsaken and forgotten God. Nathan prudently ushereth in his reproof with a parable, after the manner of the eastern nations and ancient times, that so he might surprise David, and cause him unawares to give sentence against himself. He manageth his relation as if it had been a real thing;... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:1-13

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 12:3. “Was unto him,” etc. “The custom of keeping pet sheep in the house, as we keep lap-dogs, is still met with among the Arabs.” (Keil.) “As a poor man he had the means of buying only one little lamb, which he was now raising, and which he loved the more as it was his only property.” (Erdmann.)2 Samuel 12:5. “Shall surely die,” or, “deserves to die.” “Because the forcible robbery of a poor man’s pet lamb was almost as bad as man-stealing.” (Keil.)... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:1-7

2 Samuel 12:1-7 The chief devotional exercise which turns religion into a personal thing, which brings it home to men's business and bosoms, is self-examination. A man's religion cannot well be one of merely good impressions, the staple of it cannot well be an evaporating sentiment, if he have acquired the habit of honestly and candidly looking within. I. Self-examination may be called an arraignment of ourselves at our own bar. It is an exercise most essential to our spiritual health, and the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Samuel 12:1-7

DISCOURSE: 316NATHAN’S PARABLE2 Samuel 12:1-7. And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

Chapter 12David thought that things were just going great until the prophet Nathan came to him.Nathan said to David, There is a man in your kingdom who is very wealthy, had many herds, many flocks many servants: And there lived next to him a very poor man whose only possession was one ewe lamb, and that lamb ate at his table, drank from his cup, slept next to him, it was like a daughter to him, part of the family. [And he loved that ewe lamb, all he had.] And this wealthy man had guests come to... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

2 Samuel 12:1 . The Lord sent Nathan to David. The substance of the mission, the visitations he foretold, the perfect accomplishment of them, as well from that very day as in future ages, leaves not a vestige of doubt of the divine authority of the prophet. Who but a man of God would have dared to speak as Nathan to an absolute monarch in the zenith of conquest and glory; and to add, The sword shall never depart from thy house? The child of lawless desire died presently; Absalom... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 12:1-14

2 Samuel 12:1-14And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. Nathan reproving DavidI. David’s sin. David, it appears, to avenge the outrage which bad been perpetrated on his ambassadors by Hanun, the king of the Ammonites, invaded that king’s dominions, and, in two pitched battles, defeated both him and his allies with great slaughter. In the following year, as soon as the season permitted, David renewed the war, and followed up his successes still further by sending Joab, and all Israel with him, to... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:1-14

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 12:1

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:1-13

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:1-7

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Samuel 12:1-7

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 12:1-14

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