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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 12:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| 2Sa 12:7 |
Strong Concordance |
And Nathan [05416] said [0559] to David [01732], Thou art the man [0376]. Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I anointed [04886] thee king [04428] over Israel [03478], and I delivered [05337] thee out of the hand [03027] of Saul [07586]; |
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King James |
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 hand of Saul; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
HE APPLIES IT TO DAVID, WHO CONFESSES HIS SIN, AND IS PARDONED. (Sa2 12:7-23)
Nathan said to David, Thou art the man--These awful words pierced his heart, aroused his conscience, and brought him to his knees. The sincerity and depth of his penitent sorrow are evinced by the Psalms he composed (Psa 32:1-11; Psa. 51:1-19; Psa. 103:1-22). He was pardoned, so far as related to the restoration of the divine favor. But as from his high character for piety, and his eminent rank in society, his deplorable fall was calculated to do great injury to the cause of religion, it was necessary that God should testify His abhorrence of sin by leaving even His own servant to reap the bitter temporal fruits. David was not himself doomed, according to his own view of what justice demanded (Sa2 12:5); but he had to suffer a quadruple expiation in the successive deaths of four sons, besides a lengthened train of other evils. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thus saith the Lord God - Nathan now speaks, not as a petitioner for a poor man, but as an ambassador from the great God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Thou art the man - What a terrible word! And by it David appears to have been transfixed, and brought into the dust before the messenger of God.
Thou Art this son of death, and thou shalt restore this lamb Fourfold. It is indulging fancy too much to say David was called, in the course of a just Providence to pay this fourfold debt? to lose four sons by untimely deaths, viz., this son of Bath-sheba, on whom David had set his heart, was slain by the Lord; Amnon, murdered by his brother Absalom; Absalom, slain in the oak by Joab; and Adonijah, slain by the order of his brother Solomon, even at the altar of the Lord! The sword and calamity did not depart from his house, from the murder of wretched Amnon by his brother to the slaughter of the sons of Zedekiah, before their father's eyes, by the king of Babylon. His daughter was dishonored by her own brother, and his wives contaminated publicly by his own son! How dreadfully, then, was David punished for his sin! Who would repeat his transgression to share in its penalty? Can his conduct ever be an inducement to, or an encouragement in, sin? Surely, No. It must ever fill the reader and the hearer with horror. Behold the goodness and severity of God! Reader, lay all these solemn things to heart. |
5 And David's [01732] anger [0639] was greatly [03966] kindled [02734] against the man [0376]; and he said [0559] to Nathan [05416], As the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], the man [0376] that hath done [06213] this thing shall surely [01121] die [04194]:
1 A Psalm of David [01732], Maschil [04905]. Blessed [0835] is he whose transgression [06588] is forgiven [05375], whose sin [02401] is covered [03680].
2 Blessed [0835] is the man [0120] unto whom the LORD [03068] imputeth [02803] not iniquity [05771], and in whose spirit [07307] there is no guile [07423].
3 When I kept silence [02790], my bones [06106] waxed old [01086] through my roaring [07581] all the day [03117] long.
4 For day [03119] and night [03915] thy hand [03027] was heavy [03513] upon me: my moisture [03955] is turned [02015] into the drought [02725] of summer [07019]. Selah [05542].
5 I acknowledged [03045] my sin [02403] unto thee, and mine iniquity [05771] have I not hid [03680]. I said [0559], I will confess [03034] my transgressions [06588] unto the LORD [03068]; and thou forgavest [05375] the iniquity [05771] of my sin [02403]. Selah [05542].
6 For this shall every one that is godly [02623] pray [06419] unto thee in a time [06256] when thou mayest be found [04672]: surely in the floods [07858] of great [07227] waters [04325] they shall not come nigh [05060] unto him.
7 Thou art my hiding place [05643]; thou shalt preserve [05341] me from trouble [06862]; thou shalt compass [05437] me about with songs [07438] of deliverance [06405]. Selah [05542].
8 I will instruct [07919] thee and teach [03384] thee in the way [01870] which [02098] thou shalt go [03212]: I will guide [03289] thee with mine eye [05869].
9 Be ye not as the horse [05483], or as the mule [06505], which have no understanding [0995]: whose mouth [05716] must be held [01102] in with bit [04964] and bridle [07448], lest [01077] they come near [07126] unto thee.
10 Many [07227] sorrows [04341] shall be to the wicked [07563]: but he that trusteth [0982] in the LORD [03068], mercy [02617] shall compass [05437] him about.
11 Be glad [08055] in the LORD [03068], and rejoice [01523], ye righteous [06662]: and shout [07442] for joy, all ye that are upright [03477] in heart [03820].
7 And Nathan [05416] said [0559] to David [01732], Thou art the man [0376]. Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I anointed [04886] thee king [04428] over Israel [03478], and I delivered [05337] thee out of the hand [03027] of Saul [07586];
8 And I gave [05414] thee thy master's [0113] house [01004], and thy master's [0113] wives [0802] into thy bosom [02436], and gave [05414] thee the house [01004] of Israel [03478] and of Judah [03063]; and if that had been too little [04592], I would moreover have given [03254] unto thee such [02007] and such things [02007].
9 Wherefore hast thou despised [0959] the commandment [01697] of the LORD [03068], to do [06213] evil [07451] in his sight [05869]? thou hast killed [05221] Uriah [0223] the Hittite [02850] with the sword [02719], and hast taken [03947] his wife [0802] to be thy wife [0802], and hast slain [02026] him with the sword [02719] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983].
10 Now therefore the sword [02719] shall never [05704] [05769] depart [05493] from thine house [01004]; because [06118] thou hast despised [0959] me, and hast taken [03947] the wife [0802] of Uriah [0223] the Hittite [02850] to be thy wife [0802].
11 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Behold, I will raise up [06965] evil [07451] against thee out of thine own house [01004], and I will take [03947] thy wives [0802] before thine eyes [05869], and give [05414] them unto thy neighbour [07453], and he shall lie [07901] with thy wives [0802] in the sight [05869] of this sun [08121].
12 For thou didst [06213] it secretly [05643]: but I will do [06213] this thing [01697] before all Israel [03478], and before the sun [08121].
13 And David [01732] said [0559] unto Nathan [05416], I have sinned [02398] against the LORD [03068]. And Nathan [05416] said [0559] unto David [01732], The LORD [03068] also hath put away [05674] thy sin [02403]; thou shalt not die [04191].
14 Howbeit [0657], because by this deed [01697] thou hast given [05006] great occasion [05006] to the enemies [0341] of the LORD [03068] to blaspheme [05006], the child [01121] also that is born [03209] unto thee shall surely [04191] die [04191].
15 And Nathan [05416] departed [03212] unto his house [01004]. And the LORD [03068] struck [05062] the child [03206] that Uriah's [0223] wife [0802] bare [03205] unto David [01732], and it was very sick [0605].
16 David [01732] therefore besought [01245] God [0430] for the child [05288]; and David [01732] fasted [06684] [06685], and went in [0935], and lay [07901] all night [03885] upon the earth [0776].
17 And the elders [02205] of his house [01004] arose [06965], and went to him, to raise him up [06965] from the earth [0776]: but he would [014] not, neither did he eat [01262] bread [03899] with them.
18 And it came to pass on the seventh [07637] day [03117], that the child [03206] died [04191]. And the servants [05650] of David [01732] feared [03372] to tell [05046] him that the child [03206] was dead [04191]: for they said [0559], Behold, while the child [03206] was yet alive [02416], we spake [01696] unto him, and he would not hearken [08085] unto our voice [06963]: how will he then [06213] vex [07451] himself [06213], if we tell [0559] him that the child [03206] is dead [04191]?
19 But when David [01732] saw [07200] that his servants [05650] whispered [03907], David [01732] perceived [0995] that the child [03206] was dead [04191]: therefore David [01732] said [0559] unto his servants [05650], Is the child [03206] dead [04191]? And they said [0559], He is dead [04191].
20 Then David [01732] arose [06965] from the earth [0776], and washed [07364], and anointed [05480] himself, and changed [02498] his apparel [08071], and came [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and worshipped [07812]: then he came [0935] to his own house [01004]; and when he required [07592], they set [07760] bread [03899] before him, and he did eat [0398].
21 Then said [0559] his servants [05650] unto him, What thing [01697] is this that thou hast done [06213]? thou didst fast [06684] and weep [01058] for the child [03206], while it was alive [02416]; but when the child [03206] was dead [04191], thou didst rise [06965] and eat [0398] bread [03899].
22 And he said [0559], While the child [03206] was yet alive [02416], I fasted [06684] and wept [01058]: for I said [0559], Who can tell [03045] whether GOD [03068] will be gracious [02603] [02603] to me, that the child [03206] may live [02416]?
23 But now he is dead [04191], wherefore should I fast [06684]? can [03201] I bring him back again [07725]? I shall go [01980] to him, but he shall not return [07725] to me.