2 Samuel 12:8

1 Kings 2:22; 1 Samuel 15:19; 2 Samuel 12:11; 2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 7:19; Psalms 84:11; Psalms 86:15; Romans 8:32

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And thy master’s wives ... - According to Eastern custom, the royal harem was a part of the royal inheritance. The prophets spoke in such matters...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I gave thee thy master's (b) house, and thy master's (c) wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if [that had b...
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 add...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been t...
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 1...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thy master’s wives. — In 2 Samuel 12:7-8 the prophet enumerates the chief favours and blessings shown to David, and these are so brought out as t...
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 p...
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 Psa...
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

(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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I gave thee thy master's house ,.... Not his palace at Gibeah, but rather his family, his wives, servants, wealth, and riches, all being confisc...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if [that had been] to...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I gave thee thy master's house All that pertained to him as a king, which came, of course, to David, as his successor. Thy master's wives into th...
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....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy master's wives, or, women , as that word is elsewhere used; as Numbers 31:18 . And though we read not a word of God's giving, or of David's...
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...
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

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

and I gave thee thy master's house and thy master's wives in to thy bosom, both the property and the harem of the king being legally given into the h...

⁸ And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 12:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical 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

2 Samuel 12:8