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This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: &#8216I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. <a href="/nlt/2_samuel/12.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! The LORD, the God of Israel, says: I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul. <a href="/esv/2_samuel/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. <a href="/bsb/2_samuel/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. <a href="/kjv/2_samuel/12.htm">King James Bible</a> And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; <a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/12.htm">New King James Version</a> Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. <a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Nathan then said to David, “You yourself are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘It is I who anointed you as king over Israel, and it is I who rescued you from the hand of Saul. <a href="/nasb/2_samuel/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> Nathan then said to David, &#8220You are the man! Thus says the LORD God of Israel, &#8216It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul. <a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Nathan then said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul. <a href="/lsb/2_samuel/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Nathan then said to David, “You are the man! Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul. <a href="/amp/2_samuel/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘I anointed you as king over Israel, and I spared you from the hand of Saul. <a href="/csb/2_samuel/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Nathan replied to David, “You are the man! This is what the LORD God of Israel says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you from Saul. <a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Nathan replied to David, &#8220You are the man! This is what the LORD God of Israel says: &#8216I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. <a href="/asv/2_samuel/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; <a href="/cev/2_samuel/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then Nathan told David: You are that rich man! Now listen to what the LORD God of Israel says to you: "I chose you to be the king of Israel. I kept you safe from Saul <a href="/erv/2_samuel/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; <a href="/gwt/2_samuel/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "You are the man!" Nathan told David. "This is what the LORD God of Israel says: I anointed you king over Israel and rescued you from Saul. <a href="/gnt/2_samuel/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> "You are that man," Nathan said to David. "And this is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'I made you king of Israel and rescued you from Saul. <a href="/isv/2_samuel/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> But Nathan replied to David, "You are the man! This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "'I anointed you king—and you became king over Israel. "'I delivered you from Saul's control. <a href="/msb/2_samuel/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then Nathan said to David, ?You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ?I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. <a href="/net/2_samuel/12.htm">NET Bible</a> Nathan said to David, "You are that man! This is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul. <a href="/nheb/2_samuel/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. <a href="/wbt/2_samuel/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul; <a href="/web/2_samuel/12.htm">World English Bible</a> Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Nathan says to David, “You [are] the man! Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: I anointed you for king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul; <a href="/ylt/2_samuel/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Nathan saith unto David, 'Thou art the man! Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I anointed thee for king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; <a href="/slt/2_samuel/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Nathan will say to David, Thou the man. Thus said Jehovah the God of Israel, I anointed thee for king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_samuel/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Nathan said to David: Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul, <a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But Nathan said to David: “You are that man. Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I anointed you as king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of Saul. <a href="/nabre/2_samuel/12.htm">New American Bible</a> Then Nathan said to David: “You are that man! “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: I anointed you king over Israel. I delivered you from the hand of Saul. <a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of Saul;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over my people Israel and I delivered you out of the hands of Saul, <a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Nathan said to David: “You are that man! Thus says LORD JEHOVAH, God of Israel: “‘I anointed you that you will reign over my people Israel, and I saved you from the hands of Shaul<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_samuel/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And Nathan said to David: 'Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; <a href="/sep/2_samuel/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man that has done this. Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee to be king over Israel, and I rescued thee out the hand of Saul; <a href="/parallel/2_samuel/12-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=2900" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/12.htm">Nathan Rebukes David</a> …6Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.” 7<a href="/hebrew/5416.htm" title="5416: nā·ṯān (N-proper-ms) -- The name of a number of Isr. From nathan; given; Nathan, the name of five Israelites.">Then Nathan</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David,</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">“You</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: hā·’îš (Art:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">are that man!</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">‘I</a> <a href="/hebrew/4886.htm" title="4886: mə·šaḥ·tî·ḵā (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To smear, anoint. A primitive root; to rub with oil, i.e. To anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint.">anointed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: lə·me·leḵ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">you king</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: wə·’ā·nō·ḵî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">and I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: hiṣ·ṣal·tî·ḵā (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">delivered you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mî·yaḏ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">from the hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/7586.htm" title="7586: šā·’ūl (N-proper-ms) -- Passive participle of sha'al; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites.">of Saul.</a> 8I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_samuel/15-17.htm">1 Samuel 15:17-19</a> And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel / and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’ / So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?” <a href="/psalms/51-1.htm">Psalm 51:1-4</a> For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. / Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. / For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. ... <a href="/1_kings/18-18.htm">1 Kings 18:18</a> “I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals. <a href="/1_kings/21-20.htm">1 Kings 21:20</a> When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD. <a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm">1 Kings 21:25-26</a> (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel. / He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.) <a href="/isaiah/5-3.htm">Isaiah 5:3-4</a> “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. / What more could have been done for My vineyard than I have done for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit? <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Jeremiah 2:19</a> Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts. <a href="/ezekiel/16-47.htm">Ezekiel 16:47-52</a> And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were. / As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done. / Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. ... <a href="/hosea/7-2.htm">Hosea 7:2</a> But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face. <a href="/micah/3-8.htm">Micah 3:8</a> As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin. <a href="/matthew/14-3.htm">Matthew 14:3-4</a> Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, / because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. <a href="/luke/3-19.htm">Luke 3:19-20</a> But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done, / Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison. <a href="/luke/12-47.htm">Luke 12:47-48</a> That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. / But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded. <a href="/john/8-9.htm">John 8:9</a> When they heard this, they began to go away one by one, beginning with the older ones, until only Jesus was left, with the woman standing there.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus said the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul;Thou art<a href="/1_samuel/13-13.htm">1 Samuel 13:13</a> And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.<a href="/1_kings/18-18.htm">1 Kings 18:18</a> And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.<a href="/1_kings/21-19.htm">1 Kings 21:19,20</a> And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine… I anointed<a href="/2_samuel/7-8.htm">2 Samuel 7:8</a> Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:<a href="/1_samuel/15-17.htm">1 Samuel 15:17</a> And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?<a href="/1_samuel/16-13.htm">1 Samuel 16:13</a> Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.I delivered<a href="/2_samuel/22-1.htm">2 Samuel 22:1,49</a> And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: … <a href="/1_samuel/18-11.htm">1 Samuel 18:11,21</a> And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice… <a href="/1_samuel/19-10.htm">1 Samuel 19:10-15</a> And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/5-17.htm">Anointed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-5.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-10.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-14.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-19.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-11.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-11.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-16.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-5.htm">Nathan</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-3.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-22.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-6.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-9.htm">Saul</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/12-20.htm">Anointed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-13.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-8.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-15.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-21.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-21.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-34.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-13.htm">Nathan</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-2.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-16.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-14.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-5.htm">Saul</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 12</div>1. <a href="/2_samuel/12-1.htm">Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb causes David to be his own judge.</a> 7. <a href="/2_samuel/12-7.htm">David, reproved by Nathan, confesses his sin, and is pardoned</a> 15. <a href="/2_samuel/12-15.htm">David mourns and prays for the child while it lives</a> 24. <a href="/2_samuel/12-24.htm">Solomon is born, and named Jedidiah</a> 26. <a href="/2_samuel/12-26.htm">David takes Rabbah, and tortures the people thereof</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/12.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man!” Nathan, a prophet, confronts King David directly, revealing his sin. This moment is pivotal, as it follows Nathan's parable about a rich man who unjustly takes a poor man's lamb. David, unaware the story is about him, condemns the man in the parable, prompting Nathan's declaration. This confrontation highlights the role of prophets in holding leaders accountable and the importance of repentance. It also underscores the personal nature of sin and the need for self-awareness.This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Nathan speaks with authority, delivering a message directly from God. The phrase emphasizes God's sovereignty and His covenant relationship with Israel. It reminds David and the audience that God is actively involved in the affairs of His people and that His words carry ultimate authority. This introduction to God's message sets the stage for the divine judgment and grace that follow.‘I anointed you king over Israel, God reminds David of his divine appointment as king, highlighting the sacredness of his role. The anointing signifies God's choice and empowerment, setting David apart for leadership. This reference serves as a reminder of David's responsibilities and the divine favor he received. It also connects to the broader biblical theme of God's sovereignty in appointing leaders, as seen in the anointing of other kings and leaders throughout Scripture.and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. God recounts His past deliverance of David from King Saul, who sought to kill him. This deliverance underscores God's protection and faithfulness to David. It serves as a reminder of God's past mercies and the expectation of David's gratitude and obedience. The historical context of David's escape from Saul's pursuit is a testament to God's providence and serves as a backdrop for understanding the gravity of David's sin in light of God's continued faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/n/nathan.htm">Nathan</a> A prophet of God who served during the reign of King David. He was instrumental in delivering God's messages, including confronting David about his sin with Bathsheba. 2. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The King of Israel, chosen by God, who committed adultery with Bathsheba and orchestrated the death of her husband, Uriah. David is confronted by Nathan in this passage. 3. <a href="/topical/b/bathsheba.htm">Bathsheba</a> The woman with whom David committed adultery. She was the wife of Uriah, a Hittite warrior in David's army. 4. <a href="/topical/u/uriah_the_hittite.htm">Uriah the Hittite</a> Bathsheba's husband, a loyal soldier in David's army, whom David had killed to cover up his sin. 5. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation over which David was anointed king. It is the context in which these events unfold, highlighting the gravity of David's sin as a leader.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/confrontation_in_love.htm">Confrontation in Love</a> Nathan's approach to David teaches us the importance of confronting sin with truth and love, aiming for repentance and restoration. <a href="/topical/t/the_weight_of_leadership.htm">The Weight of Leadership</a> David's sin reminds us that leaders are held to high standards and their actions have significant consequences. <a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy_and_justice.htm">God's Mercy and Justice</a> Despite David's grave sin, God's response through Nathan shows both His justice in addressing sin and His mercy in offering forgiveness upon repentance. <a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection_on_sin.htm">Personal Reflection on Sin</a> Like David, we must be willing to acknowledge our sins when confronted and seek God's forgiveness earnestly. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_accountability.htm">The Role of Accountability</a> Nathan's role highlights the importance of having godly accountability in our lives to help us stay on the right path.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 12</a> <a href="/q/why_punish_a_child_for_david's_sin.htm">In 2 Samuel 12:7–14, why would a just God inflict punishment on an innocent child for David’s sin, seemingly contradicting Ezekiel 18:20? </a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_key_events_in_2_samuel.htm">What are the key events in 2 Samuel?</a> <a href="/q/can_a_sin_truly_remain_private.htm">Can a sin truly remain private?</a> <a href="/q/does_2_sam_9_7-10_conflict_with_david's_claim.htm">Does the sudden bestowal of Saul’s property to Mephibosheth in 2 Samuel 9:7–10 conflict with earlier accounts suggesting David had already taken Saul’s possessions? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) Thou art the man.--The boldness and suddenness of this application bring a shock to David which at once aroused his slumbering conscience. This could not have been the case had David been essentially a bad man. He was a man whose main purpose in life was to do God's will, but he had yielded to temptation, had been entangled in further and greater guilt in the effort to conceal his sin, and all the while his conscience had been stupefied by the delirium of prosperity and power. Now what he had done is suddenly brought before him in its true light. For like prophetic rebukes of royal offenders see <a href="/context/1_samuel/15-21.htm" title="But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.">1Samuel 15:21-23</a>; <a href="/context/1_kings/21-21.htm" title="Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will take away your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that urinates against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,">1Kings 21:21-24</a>; <a href="/context/isaiah/7-3.htm" title="Then said the LORD to Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;">Isaiah 7:3-25</a>; <a href="/context/matthew/14-3.htm" title="For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.">Matthew 14:3-5</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - Thou art the man! Abruptly and with sudden vehemence comes the application to David himself. So skilfully had the parable been contrived, that up to this point David had had no suspicion that he was the rich man who had acted so meanly by his poorer neighbour Uriah. And now he stood self-condemned. Yet even so self-love might have made his indignation break forth against Nathan; but probably the reproof only completed a work that had long been secretly in progress, and brushed away the last obstacles to repentance. I anointed thee. The solemn anointing made David the representative of Jehovah, and thus his sin was aggravated by the degradation in the eyes of the people, beth of the kingly office and also of Jehovah himself. Rank and authority are given to men that they may lead others to do right; it is a fearful misuse of them when they give prestige to sin. <a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/12-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Nathan נָתָ֛ן (nā·ṯān) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5416.htm">Strong's 5416: </a> Nathan -- the name of a number of Israelites said וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to David, דָּוִ֖ד (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse “You אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you are that man! הָאִ֑ישׁ (hā·’îš) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person This is what כֹּה־ (kōh-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the LORD, יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the God אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc says: אָמַ֨ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘I אָנֹכִ֞י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I anointed מְשַׁחְתִּ֤יךָֽ (mə·šaḥ·tî·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4886.htm">Strong's 4886: </a> To rub with oil, to anoint, to consecrate, to paint you king לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙ (lə·me·leḵ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc and I וְאָנֹכִ֥י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I delivered you הִצַּלְתִּ֖יךָ (hiṣ·ṣal·tî·ḵā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver from the hand מִיַּ֥ד (mî·yaḏ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand of Saul. שָׁאֽוּל׃ (šā·’ūl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7586.htm">Strong's 7586: </a> Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/12-7.htm">2 Samuel 12:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_samuel/12-7.htm">2 Samuel 12:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_samuel/12-7.htm">2 Samuel 12:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_samuel/12-7.htm">2 Samuel 12:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_samuel/12-7.htm">2 Samuel 12:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/12-7.htm">2 Samuel 12:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/12-7.htm">2 Samuel 12:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/12-7.htm">2 Samuel 12:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/12-7.htm">2 Samuel 12:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_samuel/12-7.htm">2 Samuel 12:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-7.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 12:7 Nathan said to David You are (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/12-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 12:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 12:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/12-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 12:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 12:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>