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II Samuel
Chapter
12
1~~Therefore
Jehovah/God sent Nathan to David
and
said to him
{through the finesse of a parable},
"There
were two men in one city . . .
the
one . . . rich,
the other . . . poor."
2-3~~"The
rich man
{in reality David}
had
a great many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, 3~~
but
the poor man
{referring to Uriah the Hittite}
had
nothing except one ewe lamb
{his wife, Bathsheba},
which
he had bought and raised up
so
that it grew up with him and his children
and
shared his food/'of his own morsel'
he
used to eat and drink from his own cup
and
even slept in this arms.
It was like a daughter to him."
4~~"Now
the traveler came
{meaning David in his sexual arrogance}
to
the rich man,
but
the rich man refrained
from
taking from his own flock or his own herd
to
prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him.
Instead
he took the ewe lamb
that
belonged to the poor man
and
prepared it/'slit its throat, dressed and served'
for
the one who had come to him."
{Note: This is the decline of David's integrity into sexual arrogance. See also Psalm 32 and 38.}
5~~Then
David's anger burned intensively against the man
{the rich man -- who is actually David himself, but he does not
know it yet}
so
that he {David} said to Nathan,
"By
the life/essence of Jehovah/God,
the
man who has done this thing is definitely doomed to death."
{reference to the sin unto death}
6~~Furthermore,
he must make restitution
for
the ewe lamb . . . four fold
{see Exodus 22:1}
because
he did not have compassion."
{Note: The first discipline for David would be that the baby son by Bathsheba died at/after childbirth (II Samuel 12:14-19). Secondly, Amon, David's eldest son, raped his half sister, Tamar (II Samuel 13::1-22 3). Third, Absalom murdered his half brother Amon for the rape of his sister Tamar (II Samuel 13:23 4). And, fourth fold was the Absalom rebellion of the Kingdom (IISamuel 15:15-19).}
7~~
"And Nathan said to David,
"You
. . . {are} the man!"
{no verb because it is dramatic}
Thus
says Jehovah . . . 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel,
"I
have anointed/appointed you {David}
King
of Israel
and
have delivered you out of the hand of Saul."
8~~"I
{God} gave you
the
material possessions of your lord/master { 'adown} {Saul}
and the wives of your lord/master { 'adown} to care for
and I have given to you the house of Israel and Judah.
And
if all of this had been too little,
I
would have done even more for you to make you happy."
9~~"Why
do you 'regard with contempt'/reject
the
word/'doctrinal communication {dabar} of Jehovah/God,
by
doing what is evil in His eyes?"
"You
have murdered Uriah the Hittite by means of the sword,
you
have taken to yourself his wife . . .
{to
become} {now} your wife
{means David has stolen her from Uriah via his murder}!
You
have sacrificed/slaughtered him {Uriah}
by
means of the sword of the soldiers/sons of Amon {terrorists}."
10~~"Now
therefore,
the
sword will not depart from your household
for
the duration of your posterity now and forever."
{Verse
of Extreme Violence - Prophesy of Rape and Revolution}
11~~Thus
said the Jehovah/God,
"Behold,
I will 'cause to rise up'
{meaning God will permit the revolution to occur}
evil
to come into existence against you {a revolution}
from/'out
of' your own house
{David's son Absalom will fulfill this}.
And
publicly I will take/seize your women
{'ishshah - referring to the royal harem},
and
give them to your loved one {Absalom again},
and
he 'will ravage'/'will have sex with' {shakab} your women
in
'broad daylight'/'the sight of this sun'.
{Note: David is getting a glimpse of the next 10 years of his life. This is installment discipline. For the year David spent out of fellowship and heavy into evil, he will receive four installments of discipline). See II Samuel 16:20-23.}
12~~Because
you {David}
have
done/manufactured {`asah} it in secret
I {Nathan speaking for the Integrity of God}
will do this thing
{the 'installment' divine discipline of the two previous verses}
before all Israel . . .
and 'in broad daylight'/'before the sun'.
{Note: RBT says that apparently installment discipline is NOT related to reversionism. That has the pattern of warning discipline, intensive discipline and, if no rebound, the sin unto death. Installment discipline appears to be for cases when great acts of sin is interlocked with great arrogance. The adultery with Bathsheba was the originating sin, but it was the resulting murder of Uriah that was David's great sin. Murder is one of the 7 sins that God abhors.}
13~~And
David said {'amar - imperfect tense} unto Nathan,
{imperfect tense means David said more, but only what is needed is
recorded here}
"I
have sinned against the Jehovah/God
{notice that David killed Uriah and others . . . but it is against God
that he sinned - this is the rebound of David -
see also I John 1:9}.
And
Nathan said unto David,
"The
Jehovah/God also has forgiven your sin { chatta'ah - singular}
{RBT says that by being singular, this means that all the sin that
David has committed are considered by God to be rolled into one
and forgiven}.
You
shall not die {right now}
{referring to the sin unto death. David rebounded and his sin was
forgiven - he will have installment discipline over the next 10
years, because the more mature you are and the greater the
length of time you remain out of fellowship and involved in evil,
the longer and greater your discipline will be}.
{David's
1st Installment of 4 Installments of Discipline - The Baby of the
Affair Dies}
14~~However/Nevertheless
{'ephec},
because
by doing this,
{literally" 'you have given occasion to speak (evil)'}
you
have given the occasion/opportunity
to
the enemies of the Jehovah/God
'to
demonstrate utter contempt'/'to blaspheme' {God}.
The
son also born to you {that you love so dearly} . . .
{the product of the adultery with Bathsheba}
'will
definitely die'/'dying . .. he shall surely die'
{ muwth muwth - doubling is very strong}.
{Note: Above in the parable, David said the man who took the lamb should die. David's son will be judged instead of David. This is a foretelling of David's greater Son and the Son of God - Jesus Christ - being our substitute on the cross. The innocent will receive the judgment of the sinners.}
{Verses
15-23: The Cursing}
15~~After
Nathan returned {yalak} to his home
{means the ministry of Nathan is over - 1st Installment of discipline
is administered now},
the
Jehovah/God struck the child
that
Uriah's wife {Bathsheba} had born to David . . .
and
he {the child} became critically ill {slowing dying}.
{Verses
16-17: David's Objective Response to Divine Justice}
{David's
Intercessory Prayer on behalf of His Son}
16~~Consequently,
David
pleaded/interceded/begged {baqash - Piel intensive stem}
with
'Elohiym/Godhead on behalf of the boy
{David went to his most powerful tool - he prayed on behalf of his
beloved son who is now between 3 and 6 months old}.
And
David fasted a fast
{tsuwm tsuwm - a fast means intense concentration - to be
preoccupied with something so that your appetite is not as great
as your concentration - here we have David replacing ALL normal
activities like eating, drinking, ruling, social activity . .. on
and on
with occupation with Christ - here in 'additional' prayer}.
And
went in {to the room where his son was},
and
lay all night on the ground
{David is in total humility - totally helpless before the Lord.
David is
King but he is still helpless.}.
17~~Then
'his senior castle staff'/'the elders of his house' arose,
and
stood by him {David},
to
raise him up from off the ground.
But
he refused . . .
neither
did he eat food with them
{David would stay right where he was for the next 7 days - praying,
fasting, grieving, and thinking}.
{Note: These men (and women) have been with David for years and years. The men probably served in the military under David when they were younger. These are great people who in their older days are still proud to serve David. They understand that being a servant to David is an honorable profession. They are loyal servants with great integrity of soul.}
18~~And
it came to pass
{hajah - method of showing advance in sequence of action}
on
the seventh day
{for 7 days David was on the floor - thinking, concentrating,
praying and doing nothing else},
that
the child died {muwth}
{the son had to die as a substitute for the father -
either David, Bathsheba or the child was going to die - the
innocent was taken- the Principal is the same as God's Son dying
on the cross - the lamb without spot}.
Now
the servants of David were afraid
{afraid in the sense of awe or respect - they did not want David to
do something desperate}
and
were not motivated to tell him that the child had died . . .
for
{explanation} they reasoned,
"Behold,
while the child was still living,
we
spoke to him {David},
and
he did not listen to 'our advice'/us.
Alas,
how can we tell him that the child is dead
since
he will 'do something desperate'/'do harm'/'manufacture evil'
to
himself'?
{this is an idiom meaning they think he might commit suicide in his
grief}
19~~When
David kept on seeing
{alertness and objectivity are restored to David}
that
his staff/servants were whispering among themselves,
David
perceived/discerned
{biyn - a verb of empiricism}
that
the child was dead
{David is now leaving the systems of interlocking arrogance
and is becoming alert and objective and is now observing}.
Consequently
David said unto his staff/servants,
"Has
the child died?"
And they said, "He has died."
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