2 Samuel 12:4
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man,.... That had done this, taking it for a real fact:
and he said to Nathan, as the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
"The apologue of the rich man and the ewe lamb … ventures to disregard all particulars, and is content to aim at awakening the general sense of outraged justice. It fastens on the essential guilt of…