2 Samuel 12:9

Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
despised	בָּזִ֣יתָ ba.Zi.ta	H959	to disesteem · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
commandment	דְּבַ֣ר de.Var	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
do	לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
evil	הָרַע֮ ha.Ra'	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
sight	בְּעֵינַי֒ be.'ei.no	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix
killed	הִכִּ֣יתָ hi.Ki.ta	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
Uriah	אוּרִיָּ֤ה 'u.ri.Yah	H223	Urijah · proper noun, a man's name
Hittite	הַֽחִתִּי֙ ha.chi.Ti	H2850	a Chittite · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
sword	בַחֶ֔רֶב va.Che.rev	H2719	drought · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
taken	לָקַ֥חְתָּ la.Kach.ta	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
wife	אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ 'ish.To	H802	a woman · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
wife	לְאִשָּׁ֑ה le.'i.Shah	H802	a woman · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
slain	הָרַ֔גְתָּ ha.Rag.ta	H2026	to smite with deadly intent · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
sword	בְּחֶ֖רֶב be.Che.rev	H2719	drought · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
children	בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Ammon	עַמּֽוֹן a.Mon	H5983	Ammon · proper noun, a man's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Samuel 15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
Psalms 90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
1 Samuel 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he…
Psalms 139:1-2 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Jeremiah 18:10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Amos 2:4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despise…
Genesis 9:5-6 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of eve…
Exodus 20:13-14 Thou shalt not kill.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

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 12:8

I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives--The phraseology means nothing more than that God in His providence had given David, as king of Israel, everything that was Saul's. The history furnishes conclusive evidence that he never actually married any of the wives of Saul. But the harem of the preceding king belongs, according to Oriental notions, as a part of the regalia to his successor.

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 12:9

Thou hast killed Uriah - Thou art the Murderer, as having planned his death; the sword of the Ammonites was Thy instrument only.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 12:9

Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight?.... The commandment referred to is the law of God, particularly the sixth and seventh precepts of it, Exodus 20:13; which David had shown no regard unto, and by his breaking them had slighted and despised them: thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; and so had despised and broken the sixth command, Exodus 20:13; for though he had not taken away his life with his own hand, he had plotted and contrived it, and had given orders to put him in such a position as would issue in it: and hast taken his wife to be thy wife; after he had defiled her, being another man's wife, and had taken such unlawful me…

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.…
Nathan — Given. (1.) A prophet in the reigns of David and Solomon (2 Chr. 9:29). He is first spoken of in connection with the arrangements David made for the building of the temple (2 Sam. 7:2, 3, 17), and…
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…
Ingratitude · 2:6,7; — 2:6,7;
Ingratitude To God · Exemplified: David — Exemplified: David
Kings · Punished for transgressing the divine law — Punished for transgressing the divine law
Lamb, The · Illustrative: Of any thing dear or cherished — Illustrative: Of any thing dear or cherished
Murder · Exemplified: David — Exemplified: David
Nathan · of Uriah — of Uriah
Prophets · Were sent to: Denounce the wickedness of kings — Were sent to: Denounce the wickedness of kings
Reproof · .Nathan, of David — .Nathan, of David

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 12:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 12:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 12:8

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 12:9

John Gill on 2 Samuel 12:9

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 12:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 12:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 12:8

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 12:9

John Gill on 2 Samuel 12:9

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 12:1-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 12:8

Rashi on 2 Samuel 12:8