2 Samuel 12:3

3 El pobre no tenía nada, solo una pequeña oveja que había comprado. Él crió esa ovejita, la cual creció junto con sus hijos. La ovejita comía del mismo plato del dueño y bebía de su vaso, y él la acunaba como a una hija.

2 Samuel 12:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 12:3

But the poor [man] had nothing, save one little ewe lamb
Uriah had but one wife, who was much younger than he, called a lamb, an ewe lamb, a little one. Abarbinel thinks Uriah had been a widower; and had children by another wife, supposed in the parable, and was much older than Bathsheba:

which he had bought;
for men in those times and countries did not receive portions with their wives, but gave dowries to them, and for them:

and nourished up;
as his own flesh, as husbands should their wives, ( Ephesians 5:29 ) ;

and it grew up together with him, and with his children;
which Kimchi also supposes Uriah had by a former wife:

it did eat of his own meat, and drink of his own cup, and lay in his
bosom, and was unto him as a daughter;
all which are expressive of the care, kindness, love, and tenderness of a loving husband, whose affections are endeared to his wife, making her partaker of all he has, and to share in whatever he eats and drinks, and in his dearest embraces; and as there were instances of creatures, lambs and others, particularly tame or pet lambs, used in this way in a literal sense, to which the reference in the parable is, David had no suspicion of its being a parable. Bochart ^F17 has given many instances of creatures nourished and brought up in such a familiar manner.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 46. col. 521, 522.

2 Samuel 12:3 In-Context

1 Natán reprende a David
Por lo tanto, el Señor
envió al profeta Natán para que le contara a David la siguiente historia:
—Había dos hombres en cierta ciudad; uno era rico y el otro, pobre.

2 El hombre rico poseía muchas ovejas, y ganado en cantidad.

3 El pobre no tenía nada, solo una pequeña oveja que había comprado. Él crió esa ovejita, la cual creció junto con sus hijos. La ovejita comía del mismo plato del dueño y bebía de su vaso, y él la acunaba como a una hija.

4 Cierto día llegó una visita a la casa del hombre rico. Pero en lugar de matar un animal de su propio rebaño o de su propia manada, tomó la ovejita del hombre pobre, la mató y la preparó para su invitado.

5 Entonces David se puso furioso.
—¡Tan cierto como que el Señor
vive —juró—, cualquier hombre que haga semejante cosa merece la muerte!