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2 Samuel 12:8

2 Samuel 12:8

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2 Samuel 12 — Overview2 Samuel 12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe 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…2 Samuel 12 — Overview2 Samuel 12 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledge2 Samuel 12:1, Nathan’s parable of the ewe lamb causes David to be his own judge; 2 Samuel 12:7, David, reproved by Nathan, confesses his sin, and is pardoned; 2 Samuel 12:15, David mourns and prays for the child while…2 Samuel 12 — Overview2 Samuel 12 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleNathan is sent to David to charge him with his sin, and convince him of it by a parable, 2Sa 12:1; which being accommodated and applied to David's case, brought him to a conviction and acknowledgment of it, and…2 Samuel 12:1-142 Samuel 12:1-14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIt seems to have been a great while after David had been guilty of adultery with Bath-sheba before he was brought to repentance for it. For, when Nathan was sent to him, the child was born (v. 14), so that it…2 Samuel 12:1-312 Samuel 12:1-31 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION 2 Samuel 12:1 Jehovah sent Nathan unto David. Though David had remained unrepentant for nearly a year, for we read in 2 Samuel 12:14 that the child was born, yet we are not to suppose that there had been no…2 Samuel 12:1-312 Samuel 12:1-31 · The Pulpit CommentaryVIII. GOD'S JUDGMENT FORESTALLED BY CONSCIENCE. History is a mental reflector. In Nathan's story, which was not a parable to David when he heard it, David saw a sin and a judgment. He was true to his better qualities…