2 Samuel 12:1
And the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David; and he went in to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.
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2And the rich man had very many flocks and herds.
Cross References
Judges 9:7And it was reported to Jotham, and he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and wept, and said to them, Hear me, ye men of Shechem, and God shall hear you.
2 Samuel 7:17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
2 Samuel 11:25And David said to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab, Let not the matter be grievous in thine eyes, for the sword devours one way at one time and another way at another: strengthen thine array against the city, and destroy it, and strengthen him.
2 Samuel 14:14For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as he devises to thrust forth from him his outcast.
1 Kings 4:5And Ornia the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan was 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, and appear before Ahab, and I will bring 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 →