But the poor [man] had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Ver. 3. But the poor man.] Poor Uriah; poor in comparison of David, who had all that heart could wish.
Save one little ewe lamb.] This was his Bathsheba, he had no more wives but her: as Isaac never had more than Rebecca, whom therefore he loved tenderly and entirely.
And it grew up together with him, and with his children.] Which he had by a former wife, as some think.
It did eat of his own meat.] Heb., Morsel; he spared it out of his own belly for his favoured lamb; neither was anything good to him, whereof his wife had not part.
And lay in his bosom.] Where he nourished and cherished her, Eph 5:29 as the hen doth her chickens, or as the cock pigeon doth the eggs.
And was unto him as a daughter.] Yea, much dearer. The greater was her disloyalty against so loving a husband, and so gallant a man: the more heinous also was David's offence in wronging and robbing him of such an only jewel.