And he brought forth the people that [were] therein, and put [them] under (t) saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
(t) Signifying that as they were malicious enemies of God, so he put them to cruel death.
Verse 2 Samuel 12:31. _HE BROUGHT FORTH THE PEOPLE_] And put them _under saws_. From this representation a great cry has been raised against "David's unparalleled, if not diabolic, cruelty." I believ...
For the saw as an implement of torture compare Hebrews 11:37. HARROWS OF IRON - Or rather thrashing-machines (Isaiah 28:27; Isaiah 41:15, etc.)....
2. THE MESSAGE OF GOD AND DAVID'S CONFESSION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE CHASTISEMENT CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The Lord's message through Nathan (2 Samuel 12:1)_ 2. David's anger (2 Samuel 12:5) 3. Thou art t...
2 SAMUEL 12. DAVID'S REPENTANCE. CAPTURE OF RABBAH (J). The section concerning Nathan (2 Samuel 12:1_ a_) is sometimes regarded as a later addition by some one who was anxious to point out and emphasi...
PUT. appointed, appointed over, set, &c. Hebrew. _sum_ (Genesis 2:8; Genesis 45:8; Genesis 45:9; Genesis 47:6;...
_put them under saws_ PUT THEM UPON SAWS: or perhaps we should read as in Chron., SAWED THEM WITH SAWS. Cp. Hebrews 11:37. This barbarous practice was not unknown at Rome. "[Caligula] medios serra dis...
Capture of Rabbah = 1 Chronicles 20:1-3...
AND HE BROUGHT FORTH THE PEOPLE, &C.— This treatment of the Ammonites having shocked some unthinking readers, it will not be unseasonable to inform them, that the words will bear a milder interpretati...
_The Final Siege of Rabbah._ 2 Samuel 12:26-31 26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought agains...
_AND HE BROUGHT FORTH THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THEREIN, AND PUT THEM UNDER SAWS, AND UNDER HARROWS OF IRON, AND UNDER AXES OF IRON, AND MADE THEM PASS THROUGH THE BRICK-KILN: AND THUS DID HE UNTO ALL THE...
DAVID'S REPENTANCE AND PARDON. THE CAPTURE OF RABBAH 4. To dress for the wayfaring man] We may notice Eastern ideas of hospitality: cp. Genesis 18:3....
PUT _them_ UNDER SAWS, etc.] The Heb. must be translated, 'put them to saws,' i.e. set them to work at saws, and harrows, and axes. For the forced labour of captives, cp. 1 Kings 9:15; 1 Kings 9:21. M...
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 12 NATHAN’S MESSAGE TO DAVID V1 The *Lord sent Nathan to David. Nathan went to David and he said, ‘Two men lived in a city. One ma...
PUT THEM UNDER SAWS. — The literal translation of the Hebrew (_put them with,_ or _into, the saw_) does not give any good sense, and no doubt a single letter of the text should be changed, bringing it...
וְ אֶת ־הָ עָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר ־בָּ֜הּ הֹוצִ֗יא
CHAPTER XV. _ DAVID AND NATHAN._ 2 Samuel 12:1; 2 Samuel 12:26. IT is often the method of the writers of Scripture, when the stream of public history has been broken by a private or personal inciden...
ACCEPTING THE LORD'S JUDGMENT 2 Samuel 12:15 When Nathan had gone, David beat out his brief confession into Psalms 51:1. He knew that he was clean, because purged with hyssop, Exodus 12:22; that he w...
A year passed away. The child of Bathsheba was born. We can imagine what that year had been to David. Bathsheba, whom in all probability he truly loved, was with him as his wife; but it is inevitable...
Sawed. Hebrew, "he put them under saws, and under rollers of iron, and under knives," &c. (Haydock) --- The Jews say that Isaias was killed by being sawed asunder; to which punishment St. Paul alludes...
(31) And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all t...
We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11, 12, AND 13. The history of David and the wife of Uriah follows. David is no longer acting by faith in God's service. When the time comes at which kings go...
AND HE BROUGHT FORTH THE PEOPLE THAT [WERE] THEREIN,.... Not all the inhabitants of the place, but the princes of the children of Ammon, the counsellors of Hattun, who advised him to use David's ambas...
And he brought forth the people that [were] therein, and put [them] under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all th...
_He brought forth the people_ The words are indefinite, and therefore not necessarily to be understood of _all_ the people, but of the men of war, and especially of those who had been the chief actors...
1 Nathans parable of the Ewe lambe, causeth Dauid to be his owne Iudge. 7 Dauid, reproued by Nathan, confesseth his sinne and is pardoned. 15 Dauid mourneth and prayeth for the childe, while it liue...
And he brought forth the people that were there in, in the acropolis, AND PUT THEM UNDER SAWS, putting them to death by sawing them apart, AND UNDER HARROWS, instruments or axes, OF IRON, AND UNDER AX...
SUCCESS AGAINST THE AMMONITES...
David did not immediately confess his sin to God, andPsalms 32:3 shows that the Lord waited for some time at least before sending the prophet Nathan to him, likely over nine months, for a son had been...
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,...
THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THEREIN: the words are indefinite, and therefore not necessarily to be understood of all the people; for it had been barbarous to use women and children thus; but of the men of wa...
2 Samuel 12:31 out H3318 (H8689) people H5971 put H7760 (H8799) saws H4050 iron H1270 picks H2757 iron...
CONTENTS: David's rebuke and repentance. Birth of Solomon. Ammonite victory. CHARACTERS: God, David, Nathan, Bathsheba, Joab. CONCLUSION: If the believer, brought face to face with his sins sincerel...
2 Samuel 12:1. _The Lord sent Nathan to David._ The substance of the mission, the visitations he foretold, the perfect accomplishment of them, as well from that very day as in future ages, leaves not...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 12:26 The author returns to the siege of RABBAH, last mentioned in 2 Samuel 11:25. The city of waters
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 12:26. The narrative now returns to chapter 2 Samuel 11:1. “THE ROYAL CITY.” From 2 Samuel 12:29 it appears that Rabbah was not wholly captured until David came...
EXPOSITION 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...
David thought that things were just going great until the prophet Nathan came to him. Nathan said to David, There is a man in your kingdom who is very wealthy, had many herds, many flocks many servant...
1 Chronicles 20:3; 2 Samuel 8:2; Amos 1:3; Psalms 21:8; Psalms 21:9...
The people — The words are indefinite, and therefore not necessarily to be understood of all the people; but of the men of war, and especially of those who had been the chief actors of that villainous...
How can we justify David’s cruelty to his enemies? PROBLEM: This passage implies that David tortured his enemies, since he “put them under saws, and under axes or iron, and made them pass through the...