2 Samuel 12:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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; ”

2 Samuel 12:7 - 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 12:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Thou art the man . Many means used to produce conviction: God's greatness ( Job 42:1-6 ); God's glory ( Isaiah 6:5 ); God's power ( Luke 5:8 );. famine ( Luke 15:14 ; Luke 15:18 );. parable ( 2 Sam...
2 Samuel 12:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 316 NATHAN’S PARABLE 2 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....
2 Samuel 12:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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; Thou art the man - What a terrible wor...
2 Samuel 12:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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; Nathan said to David, Thou art t...
2 Samuel 12:7 - 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 12:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou art the man. — The boldness and suddenness of this application bring a shock to David which at once aroused his slumbering conscience. This could not have been the case had David been essentia...
2 Samuel 12:7 - 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 12:7 - 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 12:7 - 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 12:7 - 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 12:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE ARROW OF CONVICTION ‘And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.’ 2 Samuel 12:7 David spoke to Nathan like a man whose conscience made no answer to the parable of the prophet; we see him...
2 Samuel 12:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Nathan said to David, thou [art] the man ,.... The rich man, or who is designed by him in the parable, and answers to him t: thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel...
2 Samuel 12:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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; Ver. 7. And Nathan said to David, T...
2 Samuel 12:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
2 Samuel 12:7 - 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 12:7 - 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 12:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou art the man; thou hast committed this crime with great aggravations; and out of thine own mouth thy sentence hath proceeded, and thou art worthy of death.
2 Samuel 12:7 - 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 12:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 on...
2 Samuel 12:7 - 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 12:7 - 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 12:7 - 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 12:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nathan's Reproof and its Success
2 Samuel 12:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:18 ; 1 Kings 21:19 ; 1 Kings 21:20 ; 1 Samuel 13:13 ; 1 Samuel 15:17 ; 1 Samuel 16:13 ; 1 Samuel 18:11 ; 1 Samuel 18:21 ; 1 Samuel 19:10-15 ; 1 Samuel 23:14 ; 1 Samuel 23:26-28...
2 Samuel 12:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thus saith the Lord God — Nathan now speaks, not as a petitioner for a poor man, but as an ambassador from the great God.

2 Samuel 12:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

2 Samuel 12:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 12:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 12:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 12:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 12:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 12:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 12:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 12:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 12:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 12:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 12:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 12:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 12:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 12:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 12:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 12:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 12:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 12:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 12:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 12:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes