2 Samuel 12:7

7 "You're the man!" said Nathan. "And here's what God, the God of Israel, has to say to you: I made you king over Israel. I freed you from the fist of Saul.

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 exploded in anger. "As surely as God lives," he said to Nathan, "the man who did this ought to be lynched!

6 He must repay for the lamb four times over for his crime and his stinginess!"

7 "You're the man!" said Nathan. "And here's what God, the God of Israel, has to say to you: I made you king over Israel. I freed you from the fist of Saul.

8 I gave you your master's daughter and other wives to have and to hold. I gave you both Israel and Judah. And if that hadn't been enough, I'd have gladly thrown in much more.

9 So why have you treated the word of God with brazen contempt, doing this great evil? You murdered Uriah the Hittite, then took his wife as your wife. Worse, you killed him with an Ammonite sword!