2 Samuel 12:4

A traveller: this some make to be the devil, whom David gratified by his sin; but it rather seems added for the decency of the parable.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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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 m...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: No JFB commentary on these verses.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 lov...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And there came a traveller unto the rich man ,.... By which some understand Satan, who came to David, and stirred up his lust by the temptations tha...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was com...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There came a traveller unto the rich man This aptly signifies David's roving affection, which he suffered to wander from his own home, and to covet...
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 Nat...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nathan's Parable; David's Repentance. B. C. 1036....
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 stil...
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 se...
Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 12:4 The mixture of gold and clay of which our nature is composed is nowhere so strikingly displayed as in the constant tendency of men t...
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 w...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nathan's Reproof and its Success
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And there came a traveler unto the rich man, and he, the latter, spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd to dress for the way faring man...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 11:3 ; 2 Samuel 11:4 ; Genesis 18:2-7 ; James 1:14

⁴ And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 12:4

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 12:4