2 Samuel 12:1
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.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
2The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds;
Cross References
Judges 9:7And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them: 'Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
2 Samuel 7:17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
2 Samuel 11:25Then David said unto the messenger: 'Thus shalt thou say unto Joab: Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth in one manner or another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it; and encourage thou him.'
2 Samuel 14:14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person; but let him devise means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
1 Kings 4:5and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister and the king's friend;
1 Kings 18:1And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying: 'Go, show thyself unto Ahab, and I will send rain upon the land.'
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 →