2 Samuel 12:13 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

BSB

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ASV

And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said unto David, Jehovah also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

KJV

And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

LETTER 51.7 (397)

Are you ashamed, sir, to do as David did—David, the king and the prophet, the ancestor of Christ according to the flesh? He was told of the rich man who had a great number of flocks and yet, when a guest arrived, took the poor man's one ewe lamb and killed it; and when he recognized that he was himself condemned by the story, he said, "I have sinned against the Lord." Therefore do not take it ill, sir, if what was said to King David is said to you, "You are the man."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is probable that he said more to this purport; but this is enough to show that he was truly humbled by what Nathan said, and submitted to the conviction. He owns his guilt-- I have sinned, and aggravates it--It was against the Lord: on this string he harps in the psalm he penned on this occasion. 1 , Against thee, thee only, have I sinned.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For a comment on David’s words, read Ps. 51; Psa 32:1-11. Thou shalt not die - Not spoken of the punishment of death as affixed to adultery by the Mosaic Law: the application of that law Lev 20:10; Deu 22:22; Joh 8:5 to an absolute Eastern monarch was out of the question. The death of the soul is meant (compare Eze 18:4, Eze 18:13, Eze 18:18).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
דָּוִד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
נָתָ֔ן	na.Tan	Nathan	H5416 →
חָטָ֖אתִי	cha.Ta.ti	I have sinned	H2398 →
לַֽיהוָ֑ה ס	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
נָתָ֜ן	na.Tan	Nathan	H5416 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
דָּוִ֗ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הֶעֱבִ֥יר	he.'e.Vir	he has taken away	H5674 →
חַטָּאתְךָ֖	cha.ta.te.Kha	sin your	H2403 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תָמֽוּת׃	ta.Mut	you will die	H4191 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
leads to
- 1 John 1:8–10
  If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- Psalms 32:3–5
  When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Job 31:33
  if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
- Luke 15:18–24
  I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
- Jeremiah 3:12–13
  Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be…
Through
Zechariah 3:4
So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”
leads to
- Isaiah 61:10
  I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom…
- Luke 15:22
  But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
Through
Psalms 51:4
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 12:13–14
  Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

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