2 Samuel 12:14

Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Howbeit	אֶ֗פֶס 'E.fes	H657	cessation · noun, common masculine singular construct
deed	בַּדָּבָ֖ר ba.da.Var	H1697	a word · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
given	נִאֵ֤ץ ni.'Etz	H5006	to scorn · verb, piel infinitive construct
occasion	נִאַ֙צְתָּ֙ ni.'Atz.ta	H5006	to scorn · verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
enemies	אֹיְבֵ֣י 'o.ye.Vei	H341	hating · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
blaspheme	נָאַץ nâʼats	H5006	to scorn
child	הַבֵּ֛ן ha.Ben	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
born	הַיִּלּ֥וֹד hai.yi.Lod	H3209	born · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
surely	מ֥וֹת Mot	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal infinitive absolute
die	יָמֽוּת ya.Mut	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Romans 2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
Isaiah 52:5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith…
Psalms 89:31-33 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
Psalms 94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Proverbs 3:11-12 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Ezekiel 36:20-23 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the L…
Hebrews 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 12:1-14

It 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 (Sa2 12:14), so that it was about nine months that David lay under the guilt of that sin, and, for aught that appears, unrepented of. What shall we think of David's state all this while? Can we imagine that his heart never smote him for it, or that he never lamented it in secret before God? I would willingly hope that he did, and that Nathan was sent to him, immediately upon the birth of the child, when the thing by that means came to be publicly known and talked of, to draw from him an open confession of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 12:11

I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, &c.--The prophet speaks of God threatening to do what He only permitted to be done. The fact is, that David's loss of character by the discovery of his crimes, tended, in the natural course of things, to diminish the respect of his family, to weaken the authority of his government, and to encourage the prevalence of many disorders throughout his kingdom.

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 12:13

The Lord - hath put away thy sin - Many have supposed that David's sin was now actually pardoned, but this is perfectly erroneous; David, as an adulterer, was condemned to death by the law of God; and he had according to that law passed sentence of death upon himself. God alone, whose law that was could revoke that sentence, or dispense with its execution; therefore Nathan, who had charged the guilt home upon his conscience, is authorized to give him the assurance that he should not die a temporal death for it: The Lord hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. This is all that is contained in the assurance given by Nathan: Thou shalt not die that temporal death; thou shalt be preserved ali…

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John Gill on 2 Samuel 12:14

Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Solomon — Peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David’s second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father…
Adultery · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Afflictions · Sin visited with — Sin visited with
Afflictions And Adversities · .Sinners corrected by — .Sinners corrected by
Blasphemy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Nathan · of Uriah — of Uriah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 12:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 12:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 12:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 12:13

John Gill on 2 Samuel 12:14

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2 Samuel 12:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 12:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 12:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 12:13

John Gill on 2 Samuel 12:14

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 12:1-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 12:14

Rashi on 2 Samuel 12:14