Chapter 12:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 Samuel 1 Kings
2 Samuel 12
Concise Complete
Nathan's parable-David confesses his sin. (1-14) The
birth of Solomon. (15-25) David's severity to the Ammonites. (26-31)
Verses 1-14 God
will not suffer his people to lie still in sin. By this parable Nathan drew from
David a sentence against himself. Great need there is of prudence in giving
reproofs. In his application, he was faithful. He says in plain terms, Thou art
the man. God shows how much he hates sin, even in his own people; and wherever
he finds it, he will not let it go unpunished. David says not a word to excuse
himself or make light of his sin, but freely owns it. When David said, I have
sinned, and Nathan perceived that he was a true penitent, he assured him his sin
was forgiven. Thou shalt not die: that is, not die eternally, nor be for ever
put away from God, as thou wouldest have been, if thou hadst not put away the
sin. Though thou shalt all thy days be chastened of the Lord, yet thou shalt not
be condemned with the world. There is this great evil in the sins of those who
profess religion and relation to God, that they furnish the enemies of God and
religion with matter for reproach and blasphemy. And it appears from David's
case, that even where pardon is obtained, the Lord will visit the transgression
of his people with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. For one momentary
gratification of a vile lust, David had to endure many days and years of extreme
distress.
Verses 15-25
David now penned the 51st Psalm, in which, though he had been assured that his
sin was pardoned, he prays earnestly for pardon, and greatly laments his sin. He
was willing to bear the shame of it, to have it ever before him, to be
continually upbraided with it. God gives us leave to be earnest with him in
prayer for particular blessings, from trust in his power and general mercy,
though we have no particular promise to build upon. David patiently submitted to
the will of God in the death of one child, and God made up the loss to his
advantage, in the birth of another. The way to have creature comforts continued
or restored, or the loss made up some other way, is cheerfully to resign them to
God. God, by his grace, particularly owned and favoured that son, and ordered
him to be called Jedidiah, Beloved of the Lord. Our prayers for our children are
graciously and as fully answered when some of them die in their infancy, for
they are well taken care of, and when others live, "beloved of the Lord."
Verses 26-31
To be thus severe in putting the children of Ammon to slavery was a sign that
David's heart was not yet made soft by repentance, at the time when this took
place. We shall be most compassionate, kind, and forgiving to others, when we
most feel our need of the Lord's forgiving love, and taste the sweetness of it
in our own souls.
Chapter 12:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 Samuel 1 Kings
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
