2 Samuele 12:3

3 ma il povero non aveva nulla, fuorché una piccola agnellina ch’egli avea comprata e allevata; essa gli era cresciuta in casa insieme ai figliuoli, mangiando il pane di lui, bevendo alla sua coppa e dormendo sul suo seno; ed essa era per lui come una figliuola.

2 Samuele 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 Samuele 12:3 In-Context

1 E l’Eterno mandò Nathan a Davide; e Nathan andò da lui e gli disse: "V’erano due uomini nella stessa città, uno ricco, e l’altro povero.

2 Il ricco avea pecore e buoi in grandissimo numero;

3 ma il povero non aveva nulla, fuorché una piccola agnellina ch’egli avea comprata e allevata; essa gli era cresciuta in casa insieme ai figliuoli, mangiando il pane di lui, bevendo alla sua coppa e dormendo sul suo seno; ed essa era per lui come una figliuola.

4 Or essendo arrivato un viaggiatore a casa dell’uomo ricco, questi, risparmiando le sue pecore e i suoi buoi, non ne prese per preparare un pasto al viaggiatore ch’era capitato da lui; ma pigliò l’agnella di quel povero uomo, e ne fece delle vivande per colui che gli era venuto in casa".

5 Allora l’ira di Davide s’accese fortemente contro quell’uomo, e disse a Nathan: "Com’è vero che l’Eterno vive, colui che ha fatto questo merita la morte;