Pentecost Season · Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C
2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13
Nathan Confronts David: You Are the Man
June 18, 2028
Overview & Insights
"You are the man! ... David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD." (2 Samuel 12:7, 13)
After David takes Bathsheba and has Uriah killed, the prophet Nathan tells him a parable of a rich man who steals a poor man's only lamb, then turns it on David himself. David confesses, and Nathan announces that the Lord has put away his sin. It is the confession the Gospel's sinful woman embodies without a word.
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Commentary
2 Samuel 12 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Guzik covers Nathan's parable and David's confession verse by verse.
2 Samuel 12:9 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentators on Nathan's charge that David has despised the word of the Lord.
2 Samuel 12 - Barnes' Notes StudyLight
Barnes' notes trace the parable of the lamb through to David's confession.
2 Samuel 12 Commentary Precept Austin
A verse-by-verse, cross-reference-heavy study of Nathan's confrontation and its aftermath.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10, 13-15 Working Preacher
Discusses David's confession and the notable silence of Bathsheba's own voice in the account.
Background & Word Study
2 Samuel course Enter the Bible
Situates the Bathsheba and Nathan episode within David's reign as told in 2 Samuel.
2 Samuel BibleProject
Maps this confrontation into the larger story of David's rise and fall.
2 Samuel 12:9 Interlinear BibleHub
Gives the Hebrew word by word behind Nathan's charge against David.
2 Samuel 12 Sefaria
The Hebrew text of the confrontation for reading it in its original language.
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