2 Samuel 12:10

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

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:10

2Sa 12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. Ver. 10. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house. ] Never, that is, so long as thou livest, as 1Sa 1:22 Genesis 43:9 . Or, which I like better, From one generation to another, even for many ages. And so this threatening was performed in the slaughter of Amnon, Absalom, Adonijah, the five sons of Jehoshaphat, 2Ch... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 12:10

the sword: 2 Samuel 13:28, 2 Samuel 13:29, 2 Samuel 18:14, 2 Samuel 18:15, 2 Samuel 18:33, 1 Kings 2:23-Lamentations :, Amos 7:9, Matthew 26:52 because: Numbers 11:20, 1 Samuel 2:30, Malachi 1:6, Malachi 1:7, Matthew 6:24, Romans 2:4, 1 Thessalonians 4:8 hast taken: Genesis 20:3, Proverbs 6:32, Proverbs 6:33 Reciprocal: Genesis 20:9 - a great Exodus 20:13 - General Exodus 32:35 - General Leviticus 26:15 - despise 2 Samuel 12:9 - despised 2 Samuel 13:21 - he was very wroth 2 Samuel 15:25 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Samuel 12:10

Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.Never depart — During the residue of thy life. read more

Daniel Whedon

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

NATHAN’S PARABLE AGAINST DAVID, 2 Samuel 12:1-14. “The year had passed; the dead Uriah was forgotten; the child of guilt was born in the royal house, and loved with all the passionate tenderness of David’s paternal heart. Suddenly the prophet Nathan appears before him. He comes as if to claim redress for a wrong in humble life. It was the true mission of the prophets, as champions of the oppressed, in the courts of kings. It was the true prophetic spirit that spoke through Nathan’s mouth. The... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:10

10. The sword shall never depart from thine house This prediction was most terribly fulfilled, as the subsequent history will show, especially from the murder of Amnon by his brother to the slaughter of the sons of Zedekiah before their father’s eyes. read more