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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Interpretation
God will not suffer his people to lie still in sin. By this parable Nathan drew from David a sentence against himself.
Read with
This thought runs through 2 Samuel 12:7-10.
Glossary
- Ammon Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Amman.
- Uriah Person
- The Lord is my light. (1. ) A Hittite, the husband of Bathsheba, whom David first seduced, and then after Uriah’s death married. He was one of the band of David’s.