Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 12:8
2 Samuel 12:8. I gave thee thy master’s house All that pertained to him as a king, which came, of course, to David, as his successor. Thy master’s wives into thy bosom For the wives of a king went along with his lands and goods unto his successor, it being unlawful for the widow of a king to be wife to any but a king, as appears by the story of Adonijah. The expression in the text, however, does not necessarily signify that David married any of them; nor have we any proof that he did.... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 12:7
2 Samuel 12:7. Nathan said to David, Thou art the man Though he took such a mild, gentle, and prudent manner to bring David to a proper view and just sense of his sin, yet he deals faithfully with him at the last, and sets his iniquity before him in all its aggravations. Thus, in a similar way, by most appropriate and striking parables, our Lord set the sin which the Jews were about to commit in crucifying him before them in so clear a light, and showed it to be so inexcusable, that they... read more