2 Samuel 12:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. ”

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

2 Samuel 12. David's Repentance. Capture of Rabbah (J). The section concerning Nathan ( 2 Samuel 12:1-15 a ) is sometimes regarded as a later addition by some one who was anxious to point out and...
2 Samuel 12:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thou. See note on 2 Samuel 12:9 .
2 Samuel 12:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
2 Samuel 12:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Samuel 12:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David's Repentance and Pardon. The Capture of Rabbah 4. To dress for the wayfaring man] We may notice Eastern ideas of hospitality: cp. Genesis 18:3-5 .
2 Samuel 12:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XV. DAVID AND NATHAN. 2 Samuel 12:1-12 ; 2 Samuel 12:26-31 . IT is often the method of the writers of Scripture, when the stream of public history has been broken by a private or pers...
2 Samuel 12:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Thou Art the Man 2 Samuel 12:1-14 A year followed on his sin, but David gave no sign. He describes his condition during that awful time in Psalms 32:3-4 . Conscience scourged him incessantly,...
2 Samuel 12:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
2 Samuel 12:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; (8) And I gave thee thy master's hou...
2 Samuel 12:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For thou didst [it] secretly ,.... Committed adultery with Bathsheba privately, and endeavoured to conceal it, by getting her husband killed in battle, and then marrying her as soon as he could to h...
2 Samuel 12:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thou didst [it] secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. Ver. 12. For thou didst it secretly. ] As fearing men more than me; whereas an honest heathen could sa...
2 Samuel 12:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house Which was notoriously fulfilled in Absalom's conspiracy against him. I will take thy wives before thine eyes Openly, so that thou shalt kn...
2 Samuel 12:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David did not immediately confess his sin to God, and Psalms 32:3-4 shows that the Lord waited for some time at least before sending the prophet Nathan to him, likely over nine months, for a son had...
2 Samuel 12:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nathan's Parable; David's Repentance. B. C. 1036. 1 And the L ORD sent Nathan unto Davi...
2 Samuel 12:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will do this thing, i.e. I will execute this judgment. This God did by inclining David's heart to leave his concubines to keep his house, and so to come into Absalom's power; by giving up Ahithop...
2 Samuel 12:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

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 n...
2 Samuel 12:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. Nathan reproving David I. David’s sin. David, it appears, to avenge the outrage which bad been perpetrated on his ambassadors by Hanun, the king of the Ammo...
2 Samuel 12:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 12:1 Jehovah sent Nathan unto David. Though David had remained unrepentant for nearly a year, for we read in 2 Samuel 12:14 that the child was born, yet we are not t...
2 Samuel 12:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nathan's Reproof and its Success
2 Samuel 12:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:5 ; 2 Samuel 11:13 ; 2 Samuel 11:15 ; 2 Samuel 11:4 ; 2 Samuel 11:8 ; Ecclesiastes 12:14 ; Luke 12:1 ; Luke 12:2

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

2 Samuel 12:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 12:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 12:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 12:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

2 Samuel 12:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 12:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 12:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 12:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 12:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

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

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

2 Samuel 12:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 12:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 12:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 12:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge