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II Samuel
Updated: June 7, 2007
The Bible Commentary
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[C]2000-07 by Richard L Zorek
II Sam 1:26: I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful passing the love of women Their relationship was very close. Religious people pushing the legitimacy of homosexuality in the Bible use this to twist it into something perversely sexual. It is not. In fact, for anyone to suggest it is so is very shallow.
II Sam 12:5-6: David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die! He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity." Unconfessed sin produces an unrighteous, unholy indignation against sin in others. Hidden sin creates a "religious spirit." (one that often sits in judgment). Nathan didn't go about David's court saying "we need to pray for David...or telling people why he has such a "burden for his temptation"....for that amounts to gossip. Nathan probably spent time in prayer and approached David at the right time, with the right question.
Ii Sam 12:14: Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die Sin has its affect on how outsiders look at the church.
II Sam 22:17: He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters David describes the problems of life as a current of water--water meant to sweep him under and carry him away.
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