2 Samuel 12:1
So then Yahweh sent Nathan the prophet unto David,—who therefore came unto him and said to him—Two men, there were in a certain city, the one, rich, and, the other, poor.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2The, rich, man had flocks and herds exceeding many;
Cross References
Judges 9:7And, when it was told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried aloud,—and said unto them—Hearken unto me, ye owners of Shechem, and may God, hearken unto you.
2 Samuel 7:17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so, spake Nathan unto David.
2 Samuel 11:25Then said David unto the messenger—Thus, shalt thou say unto Joab,—Let not this thing be grievous in thine eyes, for, now this one, and then that one, doth the sword devour,—make hot thy battle against the city, and overthrow it; Thus embolden thou him.
2 Samuel 14:14For, when we, die, we become as water poured on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again,—therefore doth God not take away the life, but deviseth plans so as not to thrust out from him, a fugitive.
1 Kings 4:5And Azariah son of Nathan, over the governors,—and Zabud son of Nathan, minister, king’s friend;
1 Kings 18:1And it came to pass, after many days, that, the word of Yahweh, came unto Elijah, in the third year, saying,—Go, shew thyself unto Ahab, that I may send rain upon the face of the ground.
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 →