2 Samuel 12:23 NIV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:15-23

The Son Born Of Adultery Dies As YHWH Had Said (12:15b-23). The first consequence of David’s sin was to be that the son born of his adultery would die. While it would be clear to all at the time that this was YHWH’s judgment on David, we do not need to see in this an indication that YHWH personally struck the child down in a direct act of judgment which would not otherwise have taken place. In fact we may probably presume that this death would actually have taken place in the natural course of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

2 Samuel 12. David’ s Repentance. Capture of Rabbah (J).— The section concerning Nathan ( 2 Samuel 12:1-Ezra : a) is sometimes regarded as a later addition by some one who was anxious to point out and emphasize the moral; but this view is not generally held. Only 2 Samuel 12:10-2 Kings : need be regarded as editorial. The chapter is important because it shows that the primitive ideas as to the morality of Yahweh were very real, though they might be defective in some directions. 2 Samuel... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 12:23

Wherefore should I fast, seeing fasting and prayer cannot now prevail with God for his life? I shall go to him; into the state of the dead, in which he is, and into heaven, where I doubt not I shall find him. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:14-25

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 12:14. “The enemies of the Lord to blaspheme.” “Transgression of God’s command by the king himself must lead the heathen to heap shame and reproach on Israel and its God; and there must therefore be expiation by punishment.” (Erdmann.)“Not only to the heathen, but also to the unbelieving among the Israelites.” (Keil.) The external sufferings of David would be to all such blasphemers a witness to the holiness and justice of God. “David was also to discern... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:23

2 Samuel 12:23 . The doctrine of our future meeting and recognition is intimated in the earlier records of Scripture. We are told of Abraham, Jacob, Aaron, and Moses that each was gathered to his people. This cannot be merely a peculiar idiom of language signifying that they died. In some instances it is expressly said they died, and then it is added, "were gathered to their fathers." There would seem to be in the very heart of the expression a recognition that their fathers were still in... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

Chapter 12David 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 servants: And there lived next to him a very poor man whose only possession was one ewe lamb, and that lamb ate at his table, drank from his cup, slept next to him, it was like a daughter to him, part of the family. [And he loved that ewe lamb, all he had.] And this wealthy man had guests come to... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

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 a vestige of doubt of the divine authority of the prophet. Who but a man of God would have dared to speak as Nathan to an absolute monarch in the zenith of conquest and glory; and to add, The sword shall never depart from thy house? The child of lawless desire died presently; Absalom... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 12:14-25

2 Samuel 12:14-25The child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. Great troubles following great transgressionsDavid became a backslider. Men sometimes speak, not of David’s great sins, but of his great sin, as if he were guilty of only one flagrant transgression. Such language is lenient at the expense of truth. A great sin seldom stands altogether alone. It is most frequently found in the midst of kindred company, like a high Alpine peak--a region of desolation and death, surrounded by... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 12:22-23

2 Samuel 12:22-23While the child was yet alive I fasted and wept.The loss of childrenI. His affliction was the death of his child. The death of a child is by no means an uncommon event. If our offspring are spared, and appear like olive plants around our table, we ought to be thankful, and to rejoice; yet to rejoice with trembling. When we reflect on the tenderness of their frame, and consider to how many accidents and diseases they are liable; and that many of their earliest, complaints cannot... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 12:23

2 Samuel 12:23I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.Recognition of friends in heavenThe doctrine of our future meeting and recognition is intimated in the earlier records of Scripture. We are told that Abraham was gathered to his people, that Jacob was gathered to his people, that Moses was commanded to go up to Mount Pisgah and be gathered to his people, as Aaron had died on Mount Hot and was gathered to his people. It may be said that this was simply a peculiar idiom of language... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:15-23

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 12:23

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:14-25

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:23

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 12:14-25

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 12:22-23

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 12:23

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