2 Samuel 12:7

7 "You are that man!" Nathan told David. “This is what the LORD God of Israel says: I anointed you king over Israel and delivered you from Saul's power.

2 Samuel 12:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 12:7

And Nathan said to David, thou [art] the man
The rich man, or who is designed by him in the parable, and answers to him ^F20:

thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel;
that is, ordered Samuel to anoint him, who did, ( 1 Samuel 16:1 1 Samuel 16:12 1 Samuel 16:13 ) ; to which this chiefly refers; and after that he was anointed first by the tribe of Judah, and then by all the tribes of Israel, by the appointment and providence of God; and this was great dignity he designed for him, and raised him to:

and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
when he persecuted him, and sought to take away his life.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 "----- mutato nomine, de te Fabula narratur -----". Horat. Sermon. l. 1. Satyr. 1. ver. 69,70.

2 Samuel 12:7 In-Context

5 David got very angry at the man, and he said to Nathan, "As surely as the LORD lives, the one who did this is demonic!

6 He must restore the ewe lamb seven times over because he did this and because he had no compassion."

7 "You are that man!" Nathan told David. “This is what the LORD God of Israel says: I anointed you king over Israel and delivered you from Saul's power.

8 I gave your master's house to you, and gave his wives into your embrace. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah. If that was too little, I would have given even more.

9 Why have you despised the LORD's word by doing what is evil in his eyes? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and taken his wife as your own. You used the Ammonites to kill him.