2 Samuel 12:1

And the Lord sent Nathan unto David, and he came unto him and said to him, Two men were once in one city, the one rich and the other poor.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2The rich man had flocks and herds, in great abundance.

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Cross References

Judges 9:7And they told it to Yotham; and he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizzim, and he lifted up his voice, and cried; and he said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, so that God may hearken unto you.

2 Samuel 7:17In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

2 Samuel 11:25Then said David to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab, Let this thing not be displeasing in thy eyes; for at times this, at other times the other will the sword devour; continue firmly in thy war against the city, and overthrow it: and thus do thou encourage him.

2 Samuel 14:14For we must needs die, and are as water which is spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and yet doth God not take away life; and he deviseth thoughts, so that the banished one may not remain banished from him.

1 Kings 4:5And Azaryahu the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was an officer of state and the king's friend;

1 Kings 18:1And it lasted many days, when the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Achab; and I will give 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 →

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