2 Samuel 12:8; 2 Samuel 15:16; 2 Samuel 3:2-5; 2 Samuel 5:13-16; Job 1:3
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 add...
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...
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: No JFB commentary on these verses.
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 1...
There were two men. — The parable is designed to bring out David’s indignation against the offender without being so clear as to awaken at first an...
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 p...
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 Psa...
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...
(1) В¶ 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...
The rich [man] had exceeding many flocks and herds. In which the wealth of men lay in those times and countries; these in the parable signify David...
The rich [man] had exceeding many flocks and herds: Ver. 2. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds. ] The greater was his sin, since pre...
Many flocks and herds Denoting David's many wives and concubines, with whom he might have been satisfied. One little ewe-lamb It appears by this...
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...
Nathan's Parable; David's Repentance. B. C. 1036....
Noting David's many wives and concubines.
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...
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...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 12:1 Jehovah sent Nathan unto David. Though David had remained unrepentant for nearly a year, for we read in 2 Samue...
Nathan's Reproof and its Success
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds, he is purposely represented as possessing all that his heart might desire;
Many flocks — Noting David's many wives and concubines.
2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: