2 Samuel 12:1
And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
Darby Translation
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In Context
2The rich had very many flocks and herds;
Cross References
Judges 9:7And they told it to Jotham, and he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Hearken to me, ye citizens of Shechem, that God may hearken to you.
2 Samuel 7:17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
2 Samuel 11:25Then David said to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab: Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devours one as well as another: make thy battle strong against the city, and overthrow it; and encourage him.
2 Samuel 14:14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and God has not taken away his life, but devises means that the banished one be not expelled from him.
1 Kings 4:5and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, the king's friend;
1 Kings 18:1And it came to pass after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 12:1
The foregoing chapter gave us the account of David's sin; this gives us the account of his repentance. Though he fell, he was not utterly cast down, but, by the grace of God, recovered himself, and found mercy with God. Here is, I. His conviction, by a message Nathan brought him from God, which was a parable that obliged him to condemn himself ( ver. 1-6 ), and the application of the parable, in which Nathan charged him with the sin ( ver. 7-9 ) and pronounced sentence upon him,, ver. 10-12 . II. His repentance… Read the whole commentary →