Chapter 12

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am 2970, bc 1034, An, Ex, Is, 457

the Lord 2Sam 7:1-5, 2Sam 24:11-13; 1Kgs 13:1, 1Kgs 18:1; 2Kgs 1:3

unto David 2Sam 11:10-17, 2Sam 11:25, 2Sam 14:14; Isa 57:17-18

he came Ps 51:1 *title

There were There is nothing in this parable which requires illustration. Its bent is evident; and it was wisely constructed, by not having too near a resemblance, to make David unwittingly pass sentence on himself. The parable was in David's hand what his own letter was in the hands of the brave Uriah. Nathan at length closed in with him in the application of it. In beginning with a parable he shewed his prudence, and great need there is of prudence in giving reproof; but now he speaks as an ambassador from God. He reminds David of the great things God had designed and done for him, and then charges him with a high contempt of the Divine authority, and threatens an entail of judgments upon his family for this sin. Those who despise the word and law of God, despise God himself, and will assuredly suffer for such contempt. 2Sam 14:5-11; Judg 9:7-15; 1Kgs 20:35-41; Isa 5:1-7; Matt 21:33-45; Luke 15:11-32, Luke 16:19-31


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exceeding 2Sam 12:8, 2Sam 3:2-5, 2Sam 5:13-16, 2Sam 15:16; Job 1:3


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one little 2Sam 11:3; Prov 5:18-19

meat Heb. morsel

lay in his Deut 13:6; Mic 7:5


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a traveller Gen 18:2-7; Jas 1:14

took the 2Sam 11:3-4


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David's Gen 38:24; 1Sam 25:21-22; Luke 6:41-42, Luke 9:55; Rom 2:1

As the Lord 1Sam 14:39

shall surely die or, is worthy to die, Heb. is a son of death, 1Sam 20:31, 1Sam 26:16 *marg.


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restore Exod 22:1; Prov 6:31; Luke 19:8

because Jas 2:13


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Thou art 1Sam 13:13; 1Kgs 18:18, 1Kgs 21:19-20; Matt 14:14

I anointed 2Sam 7:8; 1Sam 15:17, 1Sam 16:13

I delivered 2Sam 22:1, 2Sam 22:49; 1Sam 18:11, 1Sam 18:21, 1Sam 19:10-15, 1Sam 23:7, 1Sam 23:14, 1Sam 23:26-28; Ps 18:1 *title


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thy master's wives 2Sam 12:11; 1Kgs 2:22

gave thee 2Sam 2:4, 2Sam 5:5; 1Sam 15:19

I would 2Sam 7:19; Ps 84:11, Ps 86:15; Rom 8:32


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despised 2Sam 12:10, 2Sam 11:4, 2Sam 11:14-17; Gen 9:5-6; Exod 20:13-14; Num 15:30-31; 1Sam 15:19, 1Sam 15:23; Isa 5:24; Amos 2:4; Heb 10:28-29

to do evil 2Chr 33:6; Ps 51:4, Ps 90:8, Ps 139:1-2; Jer 18:10

thou hast 2Sam 11:15-27


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the sword 2Sam 13:28-29, 2Sam 18:14-15, 2Sam 18:33; 1Kgs 2:23-25; Amos 7:9; Matt 26:52

because Num 11:20; 1Sam 2:30; Mal 1:6-7; Matt 6:24; Rom 2:4; 1Thess 4:8

hast taken Gen 20:3; Prov 6:32-33


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I will raise 2Sam 13:1-14, 2Sam 13:28-29, 2Sam 15:6, 2Sam 15:10

I will take That is, in the course of my providence I will permit this to be done. Such phrases in Scripture do not mean that God either does or can do evil himself; but only that he permits such evil to be done as he foresaw would be done, and which, had he pleased, he might have prevented. 2Sam 16:21-22; Deut 28:30; Ezek 14:9, Ezek 20:25-26; Hos 4:13-14


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secretly 2Sam 11:4, 2Sam 11:8, 2Sam 11:13, 2Sam 11:15; Eccl 12:14; Luke 12:1-2; 1Cor 4:5


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David 1Sam 15:20, 1Sam 15:24; 1Kgs 13:4, 1Kgs 21:20, 1Kgs 22:8; 2Kgs 1:9; 2Chr 16:10, 2Chr 24:20-22; 2Chr 25:16; Matt 14:3-5, Matt 14:10

I have sinned 2Sam 24:10; 1Sam 15:24-25, 1Sam 15:30; Job 7:20, Job 33:27; Ps 32:3-5, Ps 51:4; Prov 25:12; Prov 28:13; Luke 15:21; Acts 2:37; 1John 1:8-10

The Lord Job 7:21; Ps 32:1-2, Ps 130:3-4; Isa 6:5-7, Isa 38:17, Isa 43:24, Isa 44:22; Lam 3:32; Mic 7:18-19; Zech 3:4; Heb 9:26; 1John 1:7, 1John 1:9, 1John 2:1; Rev 1:5

thou Lev 20:10; Num 35:31-33; Ps 51:16; Acts 13:38-39; Rom 8:33-34


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by this deed Neh 5:9; Ps 74:10; Isa 52:5; Ezek 36:20-23; Matt 18:7; Rom 2:24

the child Ps 89:31-33, Ps 94:12; Prov 3:11-12; Amos 3:2; 1Cor 11:32; Heb 12:6; Rev 3:19


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struck the child Deut 32:39; 1Sam 25:38, 1Sam 26:10; 2Kgs 15:5; 2Chr 13:20; Ps 104:29; Acts 12:23


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besought 2Sam 12:22; Ps 50:15; Isa 26:16; Joel 2:12-14; Jonah 3:9

fasted Heb. fasted a fast, Esth 4:16; Ps 69:10; Isa 22:12; Acts 9:9

lay all night 2Sam 13:31; Job 20:12-14


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the elders 2Sam 3:35; 1Sam 28:23


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seventh day vex, Heb. do hurt to, 2Sam 12:18; Num 20:15


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arose Job 1:20, Job 2:10; Ps 39:9; Lam 3:39-41

anointed Ruth 3:3; Eccl 9:8

the house 2Sam 6:17, 2Sam 7:18; Job 1:20


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What thing 1Cor 2:15


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I fasted Isa 38:1-3, Isa 38:5; Joel 1:14, Joel 2:14; Amos 5:15; Jonah 1:6, Jonah 3:9-10; Jas 4:9-10


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I shall go Gen 37:35; Job 30:23; Luke 23:43

he shall not Job 7:8-10


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am 2971, bc 1033, An, Ex, Is, 458

she bare 2Sam 7:12; 1Chr 3:5, 1Chr 22:9-10, 1Chr 28:5-6, 1Chr 29:1; Matt 1:6


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Nathan 2Sam 12:1-14, 2Sam 7:4; 1Kgs 1:11, 1Kgs 1:23

Jedidiah that is, Beloved of the Lord, Neh 13:26; Matt 3:17, Matt 17:5


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Joab 2Sam 11:25; 1Chr 20:1

Rabbah Rabbah, or Rabbath-Ammon, also called Philadelphia, from Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt, was situated east of Jordan, and, according to Eusebius, ten miles east from Jazer. It is sometimes mentioned as belonging to Arabia, sometimes to Coelo-Syria; and was one of the cities of the Decapolis east of Jordan. Josephus extends the region of Perea as far as Philadelphia. It is now, says Burckhardt, called Amman, distant about 19 miles to the se by e of Szalt, and lies along the banks of a river called Moiet Amman, which has its source in a pond, at a few hundred paces from the south-western end of the town, and empties itself in the Zerka, or Jabbok, about four hours to the northward. This river runs in a valley bordered on both sides by barren hills of flint, which advance on the south side close to the edge of the stream. The edifices which still remain, though in a decaying state, from being built of a calcareous stone of moderate hardness, sufficiently attest the former greatness and splendour of this metropolis of the children of Ammon.


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Rabbah 2Sam 11:1; Deut 3:11; Ezek 21:20

the city of waters Probably that part of the city situated near the pond, from which the rest received their water.


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it be called after my name Heb. my name be called upon it, John 7:18


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took 1Chr 20:2

the weight If this talent was only seven pounds, as Whiston says, David might have carried it on his head with little difficulty; but this weight, according to common computation, would amount to nearly 114 pounds! Some, therefore, think, that mishkelah should be taken for its value, not weight; which renders it perfectly plain, as the worth of the crown will be about 5,074£, 15s, 7d sterling. The ancients mention several such large crowns, made more for sight than use. Atheneus describes a crown of gold that was 24 feet in circumference; and mentions others that were two, some four, and others five feet deep. Pliny takes notice of some that were no less than eight pounds weight. Besides the crown usually worn, it was customary for kings, in some nations, to have such large ones as described, either hung or supported over the throne, where they sat at their coronation or other solemn occasions.

in great abundance Heb. very great


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and put them Rather, as the particle α frequently signifies, "And he put them to saws, and to harrows, and to axes," etc., as we say, to put a person to the plough, to the anvil, to the last, etc. 1Chr 20:3, Also, 2Sam 8:2; Ps 21:8-9; Amos 1:3


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