John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:11
Thus saith the Lord ,.... For what he said was not of himself, but under a spirit of prophecy: behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house : that is, evil persons, who should be guilty of evil things, and that as a chastisement of him for the sins he had committed, and those out of his own family, as Amnon and Absalom: and I will take thy wives before thine eyes ; which is so expressed, because it was done in his lifetime, and he knowing it, but not able to... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:1-14
It seems to have been a great while after David had been guilty of adultery with Bath-sheba before he was brought to repentance for it. For, when Nathan was sent to him, the child was born (2 Sam. 12:14), so that it was about nine months that David lay under the guilt of that sin, and, for aught that appears, unrepented of. What shall we think of David's state all this while? Can we imagine that his heart never smote him for it, or that he never lamented it in secret before God? I would... read more