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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 12 Nathan is sent to David to charge him with his sin, and convince him of it by a parable, 2 Samuel 12:1; which being accommodated and applied to David's case, brought him to a conviction and acknowledgment of it, and repentance for it, which was forgiven him, 2 Samuel 12:7; though he is told the child begotten in adultery should die, and it was quickly struck with...
John Gill
Now therefore gather the rest of the people together,.... The rest of the soldiers in the land of Israel, and come to Rabbah: and encamp against the city; invest it in form: and take it; upon a surrender or by storm; for it could not hold out long: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name; so great a regard had Joab, though an ambitious man, to the fame and credit of David his king:...
Matthew Henry
The foregoing chapter gave us the account of David's sin; this gives us the account of his repentance. Though he fell, he was not utterly cast down, but, by the grace of God, recovered himself, and found mercy with God. Here is, I. His conviction, by a message Nathan brought him from God, which was a parable that obliged him to condemn himself (ver. 1-6), and the application of the parable, in...