TSK - 2 SAMUEL 12

  1  Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb causes David to be his own
    judge.
 7  David, reproved by Nathan, confesses his sin, and is
    pardoned.
15  David mourns and prays for the child while it lives.
24  Solomon is born, and named Jedidiah.
26  David takes Rabbah, and tortures the people thereof.


VERSE 1
- A.M. 2970.  B.C. 1034.  An. Ex. Is. 457.  the Lord.
   * 2Sa 7:1-5; 24:11-13 1Ki 13:1; 18:1 2Ki 1:3
- unto David.
   * 2Sa 11:10-17,25; 14:14 Isa 57:17,18
- he came.
   * Ps 51:1 *title
- There were.
  There is nothing in this parable which requires illustration.
  Its bent is evident; and it was wisely constructed, by not
  having too near a resemblance, to make David unwittingly pass
  sentence on himself.  The parable was in David's hand what his
  own letter was in the hands of the brave Uriah.  Nathan at
  length closed in with him in the application of it.  In
  beginning with a parable he shewed his prudence, and great
  need there is of prudence in giving reproof; but now he speaks
  as an ambassador from God.  He reminds David of the great
  things God had designed and done for him, and then charges him
  with a high contempt of the Divine authority, and threatens an
  entail of judgments upon his family for this sin.  Those who
  despise the word and law of God, despise God himself, and will
  assuredly suffer for such contempt.

   * 2Sa 14:5-11 Jud 9:7-15 1Ki 20:35-41 Isa 5:1-7 Mt 21:33-45
   * Lu 15:11-32; 16:19-31


VERSE 2 
 - exceeding.
   * :8; 3:2-5; 5:13-16; 15:16 Job 1:3


VERSE 3 
 - one little.
   * 2Sa 11:3 Pr 5:18,19
- meat.  Heb. morsel.  lay in his.
   * De 13:6 Mic 7:5


VERSE 4 
 - a traveller.
   * Ge 18:2-7 Jas 1:14
- took the.
   * 2Sa 11:3,4


VERSE 5 
 - David's.
   * Ge 38:24 1Sa 25:21,22 Lu 6:41,42; 9:55 Ro 2:1
- As the Lord.
   * 1Sa 14:39
- shall surely die.  or, is worthy to die.  Heb. is a son of
  death.
   * 1Sa 20:31; 26:16 *marg:


VERSE 6 
 - restore.
   * Ex 22:1 Pr 6:31 Lu 19:8
- because.
   * Jas 13 2:13


VERSE 7 
 - Thou art.
   * 1Sa 13:13 1Ki 18:18; 21:19,20 Mt 14:14
- I anointed.
   * 2Sa 7:8 1Sa 15:17; 16:13
- I delivered.
   * 2Sa 22:1,49 1Sa 18:11,21; 19:10-15; 23:7,14,26-28 Ps 18:1 *title


VERSE 8 
 - thy master's wives.
   * :11 1Ki 2:22
- gave thee.
   * 2Sa 2:4; 5:5 1Sa 15:19
- I would.
   * 2Sa 7:19 Ps 84:11; 86:15 Ro 8:32


VERSE 9 
 - despised.
   * :10; 11:4,14-17 Ge 9:5,6 Ex 20:13,14 Nu 15:30,31 1Sa 15:19,23
   * Isa 5:24 Am 2:4 Heb 10:28,29
- to do evil.
   * 2Ch 33:6 Ps 51:4; 90:8; 139:1,2 Jer 18:10
- thou hast.
   * 2Sa 11:15-27


VERSE 10 
 - the sword.
   * 2Sa 13:28,29; 18:14,15,33 1Ki 2:23-25 Am 7:9 Mt 26:52
- because.
   * Nu 11:20 1Sa 2:30 Mal 1:6,7 Mt 6:24 Ro 2:4 1Th 4:8
- hast taken.
   * Ge 20:3 Pr 6:32,33


VERSE 11 
 - I will raise.
   * 2Sa 13:1-14,28,29; 15:6,10
- I will take.
  That is, in the course of my providence I will permit this to
  be done.  Such phrases in Scripture do not mean that God
  either does or can do evil himself; but only that he permits
  such evil to be done as he foresaw would be done, and which,
  had he pleased, he might have prevented.

   * 2Sa 16:21,22 De 28:30 Eze 14:9; 20:25,26 Ho 4:13,14


VERSE 12 
 - secretly.
   * 2Sa 11:4,8,13,15 Ec 12:14 Lu 12:1,2 1Co 4:5


VERSE 13 
 - David.
   * 1Sa 15:20,24 1Ki 13:4; 21:20; 22:8 2Ki 1:9 2Ch 16:10; 24:20-22
   * 2Ch 25:16 Mt 14:3-5,10
- I have sinned.
   * 2Sa 24:10 1Sa 15:24,25,30 Job 7:20; 33:27 Ps 32:3-5; 51:4 Pr 25:12
   * Pr 28:13 Lu 15:21 Ac 2:37 1Jo 1:8-10
- The Lord.
   * Job 7:21 Ps 32:1,2; 130:3,4 Isa 6:5-7; 38:17; 43:24; 44:22
   * La 3:32 Mic 7:18,19 Zec 3:4 Heb 9:26 1Jo 1:7,9; 2:1 Re 1:5
- thou.
   * Le 20:10 Nu 35:31-33 Ps 51:16 Ac 13:38,39 Ro 8:33,34


VERSE 14 
 - by this deed.
   * Ne 5:9 Ps 74:10 Isa 52:5 Eze 36:20-23 Mt 18:7 Ro 2:24
- the child.
   * Ps 89:31-33; 94:12 Pr 3:11,12 Am 3:2 1Co 11:32 Heb 12:6
   * Re 3:19


VERSE 15 
 - struck the child.
   * De 32:39 1Sa 25:38; 26:10 2Ki 15:5 2Ch 13:20 Ps 104:29
   * Ac 12:23


VERSE 16 
 - besought.
   * :22 Ps 50:15 Isa 26:16 Joe 2:12-14 Jon 3:9
- fasted.  Heb. fasted a fast.
   * Es 4:16 Ps 69:10 Isa 22:12 Ac 9:9
- lay all night.
   * 2Sa 13:31 Job 20:12-14


VERSE 17 
 - the elders.
   * 2Sa 3:35 1Sa 28:23


VERSE 18 
 - seventh day.  vex.  Heb. do hurt to.
   * :18 Nu 20:15

VERSE 19


VERSE 20 
 - arose.
   * Job 1:20; 2:10 Ps 39:9 La 3:39-41
- anointed.
   * Ru 3:3 Ec 9:8
- the house.
   * 2Sa 6:17; 7:18 Job 1:20


VERSE 21 
 - What thing.
   * 1Co 2:15


VERSE 22 
 - I fasted.
   * Isa 38:1-3,5 Joe 1:14; 2:14 Am 5:15 Jon 1:6; 3:9,10 Jas 9 4:9,10


VERSE 23 
 - I shall go.
   * Ge 37:35 Job 30:23 Lu 23:43
- he shall not.
   * Job 7:8-10


VERSE 24 
 - A.M. 2971.  B.C. 1033.  An. Ex. Is. 458.  she bare.
   * 2Sa 7:12 1Ch 3:5; 22:9,10; 28:5,6; 29:1 Mt 1:6


VERSE 25 
 - Nathan.
   * :1-14; 7:4 1Ki 1:11,23
- Jedidiah.  that is, Beloved of the Lord.
   * Ne 13:26 Mt 3:17; 17:5


VERSE 26 
 - Joab.
   * 2Sa 11:25 1Ch 20:1
- Rabbah.
  Rabbah, or Rabbath-Ammon, also called Philadelphia, from
  Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt, was situated east of
  Jordan, and, according to Eusebius, ten miles east from Jazer.
  It is sometimes mentioned as belonging to Arabia, sometimes to
  Coelo-Syria; and was one of the cities of the Decapolis east
  of Jordan.  Josephus extends the region of Perea as far as
  Philadelphia.  It is now, says Burckhardt, called Amman,
  distant about 19 miles to the S.E. by E. of Szalt, and lies
  along the banks of a river called Moiet Amman, which has its
  source in a pond, at a few hundred paces from the
  south-western end of the town, and empties itself in the
  Zerka, or Jabbok, about four hours to the northward.  This
  river runs in a valley bordered on both sides by barren hills
  of flint, which advance on the south side close to the edge of
  the stream.  The edifices which still remain, though in a
  decaying state, from being built of a calcareous stone of
  moderate hardness, sufficiently attest the former greatness
  and splendor of this metropolis of the children of Ammon.


VERSE 27 
 - Rabbah.
   * 2Sa 11:1 De 3:11 Eze 21:20
- the city of waters.
  Probably that part of the city situated near the pond, from
  which the rest received their water.


VERSE 28 
 - it be called after my name.  Heb. my name be called upon it.
   * Joh 7:18

VERSE 29


VERSE 30 
 - took.
   * 1Ch 20:2
- the weight.
  If this talent was only seven pounds, as Whiston says, David
  might have carried it on his head with little difficulty; but
  this weight, according to common computation, would amount to
  nearly 114 pounds!  Some, therefore, think, that {mishkelah}
  should be taken for its value, not weight; which renders it
  perfectly plain, as the worth of the crown will be about
  5,074œ. 15s. 7d. sterling.  The ancients mention several such
  large crowns, made more for sight than use.  Athenaeus
  describes a crown of gold that was 24 feet in circumference;
  and mentions others that were two, some four, and others five
  feet deep.  Pliny takes notice of some that were no less than
  eight pounds weight.  Besides the crown usually worn, it was
  customary for kings, in some nations, to have such large ones
  as described, either hung or supported over the throne, where
  they sat at their coronation or other solemn occasions.

- in great abundance.  Heb. very great.


VERSE 31 
 - and put them.
  Rather, as the particle [  ] frequently signifies, "And he put
  them to saws, and to harrows, and to axes," etc., as we say,
  to put a person to the plough, to the anvil, to the last, etc.

- See on
   * 1Ch 20:3
- Also.
   * 2Sa 8:2 Ps 21:8,9 Am 1:3



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