2 Samuel 12:1
THE _ LORD._ Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. SENT. See 2 Samuel 11:27. NATHAN. Septuagint and Syriac read "Nathan the prophet". he came. Compare title of Psalms 51. MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE _ LORD._ Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. SENT. See 2 Samuel 11:27. NATHAN. Septuagint and Syriac read "Nathan the prophet". he came. Compare title of Psalms 51. MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEAT. morsel.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL SURELY DIE. Hebrew is. son of death. liable to die.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOURFOLD. Compare Exodus 22:1. Septuagint reads "sevenfold".... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU ART THE MAN. Many means used to produce conviction: God's greatness (Job 42:1); God's glory (Isaiah 6:5); God's power (Luke 5:8);. famine (Luke 15:14; Luke 15:18);. parable (2 Samuel 12:1), &c. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. ANOINTED THEE. 1 Samuel 16:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra_. _a_ `. App-44. with Art. THOU HAST KILLED. Not Joab, or the Ammonites. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SWORD. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for manifested hostility. NEVER. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Whole), App-6, put for. part of time: i.e. lifetime.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a._ App-44. See the Structure of 2 Samuel 13:1 (Q, p. 424). THINE OWN HOUSE. Disgraced by one son (2 Samuel 13:14), banished by another (2 Samuel 15:19), revolted against by. third (1 Kings 2), bearded by his servant, betrayed by his... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU. See note on 2 Samuel 12:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE SINNED. Psalms 51 is the expansion of this. SINNED... SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. HATH PUT AWAY. Divine forgiveness instantly follows the sinner's confession (1 John 1:9). Compare Job 42:6; Job 42:8; Job 42:10; Isaiah 6:5; Isaiah 6:6, "then flew". Luke 15:18;... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU HAST GIVEN GREAT OCCASION, &c. This is noted in the _Massorah_ (App-30) as one of the emendations of the _Sopherim (App-33),_ who altered the primitive text out of. mistaken reverence for David and Jehovah. The original reading was" thou hast greatly blasphemed Jehovah".... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in this verse. App-6. FASTED. Hebrew. _fasted_. fast. made. strict fast. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-6. LAY ALL NIGHT UPON THE EARTH: as. penitent, with Psalms 51 for his utterance. Note his _sitting_ before Jehovah as. worshipper, and his utter... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO CAN TELL... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. GOD. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
I SHALL GO TO HIM. I shall die and be buried (Compare 2 Samuel 12:19): i, e.. shall go to the (not "a ") grave _(Sheol)._ On the use of this Figure of speech _Euphemy_ (App-6) as denoting death and burial, see Genesis 15:15 (compare Joshua 24:2; Joshua 24:14; Joshua 24:15, Abraham's "fathers "being... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in verses: 2 Samuel 12:24. App-6. he. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, read "she", in contrast with "he" in next verse. SOLOMON. Pacific or Peaceable. Compare 2 Samuel 7:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE: i.e. Jehovah, by the hand of Nathan, in contrast with Bath-sheba. See note on 2 Samuel 12:24. JEDIDIAH. beloved of Jah. See note on Psalms 127:2. BECAUSE OF THE LORD. for Jehovah's sake.... [ Continue Reading ]
CITY OF WATERS. Figure of speech _Hypallage._ App-6. waters of the city: i.e. the lower waters or town, cutting off the citadel, which David came and took.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR KING'S CROWN. the crown of Milcom, with Septuagint. Compare 1 Chronicles 20:2.Jeremiah 49:1; Jeremiah 49:3.Amos 1:15.Zephaniah 1:5 (Comp. Bible). talent. See App-51.... [ Continue Reading ]
PUT. appointed, appointed over, set, &c. Hebrew. _sum_ (Genesis 2:8; Genesis 45:8; Genesis 45:9; Genesis 47:6; Exodus 2:14; Exodus 5:14. 1Sa 8:11. 1 Samuel 7:10; 2 Kings 10:24.Psalms 78:5;... [ Continue Reading ]