2 Samuel 12:9
Wherefore, hast thou despised the word of Yahweh, by doing that which is wicked in mine eyes? Uriah the Hittite, hast thou smitten with the sword, and, his wife, hast thou taken to thyself to wife, yea, him, hast thou slain with the sword of the sons of Ammon!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 20:13Thou shalt not commit murder.
Numbers 15:31Because the word of Yahweh, hath he despised, and his commandment, hath he broken, that person shall be surely cut off, his iniquity, is in himself.
1 Samuel 15:23For, as the sin of divination, is, rebelliousness,—and, as transgression with household gods, is, stubbornness,—Because thou hast rejected the word of Yahweh, therefore hath he rejected thee from being king.
2 Samuel 11:14And so it was, in the morning, that David wrote a letter unto Joab,—and sent it by the hand of Uriah;
2 Samuel 11:27And, when the time of mourning had passed, David sent and received her into his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing which David had done was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh.
1 Kings 15:5because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,—and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him, all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 12:2-15
Nathan's Parable; David's Repentance. ( b. c. 1036.) 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. 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And… Read the whole commentary →