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**the** ***LORD.*** Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-4 .
**sent** . See [2 Samuel 11:27](../../../kjv/2-samuel/11/27) .
**Nathan** . Septuagint and Syriac read "Nathan the prophet". he came. Compare title of [Psalms 51](../../../kjv/psalms/51) .
**men** . Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .

**meat** = morsel.

**shall surely die** . Hebrew is a son of death = liable to die.

**fourfold** . Compare [Exodus 22:1](../../../kjv/exodus/22/1) . Septuagint reads "sevenfold".

**Thou art the man** . Many means used to produce conviction: God's greatness ([Job 42:1-6](../../../kjv/job/42/1-6) ); God's glory ([Isaiah 6:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/5) ); God's power ([Luke 5:8](../../../kjv/luke/5/8) ); a famine ([Luke 15:14](../../../kjv/luke/15/14) , [Luke 15:18](../../../kjv/luke/15/18) ); a parable ([2 Samuel 12:1-13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/12/1-13) ), &c.
**God** . Hebrew. *Elohim* . App-4 .
**anointed thee** . [1 Samuel 16:13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/16/13) .

**evil** . Hebrew. *ra* ' *a* `. App-44 . with Art.
**thou hast killed** . Not Joab, or the Ammonites.
**children** = sons.

**the sword.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for manifested hostility.
**never** . Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Whole), App-6 , put for a part of time: i.e. lifetime.

**Behold** . Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a.* App-44 . See the Structure of [2 Samuel 13:1-20](../../../kjv/2-samuel/13/1-20) (Q, p. 424).
**thine own house** . Disgraced by one son ([2 Samuel 13:14](../../../kjv/2-samuel/13/14) ), banished by another ([2 Samuel 15:19](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/19) ), revolted against by a third ([1 Kings 2](../../../kjv/1-kings/2) ), bearded by his servant, betrayed by his friends, deserted by his People, bereaved of his children.

**thou.** See note on [2 Samuel 12:9](../../../kjv/2-samuel/12/9) .

**I have sinned** . [Psalms 51](../../../kjv/psalms/51) is the expansion of this.
**sinned . . . sin** . Hebrew. *chata'.* App-44 .
**hath put away** . Divine forgiveness instantly follows the sinner's confession ([1 John 1:9](../../../kjv/1-john/1/9) ). Compare [Job 42:6](../../../kjv/job/42/6) , [Job 42:8](../../../kjv/job/42/8) , [Job 42:10](../../../kjv/job/42/10) . [Isaiah 6:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/5) , [Isaiah 6:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/6) , "then flew". [Luke 15:18](../../../kjv/luke/15/18) , [Luke 15:20](../../../kjv/luke/15/20) , "his father ran", &c.
**thou** , &c. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "and (or therefore) thou wilt not die".

**thou hast given great occasion** , &c. This is noted in the *Massorah* ( App-30 ) as one of the emendations of the *Sopherim (* *App-33* *),* who altered the primitive text out of a mistaken reverence for David and Jehovah. The original reading was" thou hast greatly blasphemed Jehovah".

**and** . Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* in this verse. App-6 .
**fasted** . Hebrew. *fasted* a fast = made a strict fast. Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* App-6 .
**lay all night upon the earth** : as a penitent, with [Psalms 51](../../../kjv/psalms/51) for his utterance. Note his *sitting* before Jehovah as a worshipper, and his utterance ([2 Samuel 7:18-29](../../../kjv/2-samuel/7/18-29) ); and his *standing* as a servant ([1 Chronicles 28:2](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/28/2) ), and his utterance and service ([1 Chronicles 28:3](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/28/3) - 2Sa 29:21 ).

**Who can tell . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .
**GOD** = *Jehovah* . App-4 .

**I shall go to him** = I shall die and be buried (Compare [2 Samuel 12:19](../../../kjv/2-samuel/12/19) ): i, e. I shall go to the (not "a ") grave *(Sheol).* On the use of this Figure of speech *Euphemy* ( App-6 ) as denoting death and burial, see [Genesis 15:15](../../../kjv/genesis/15/15) (compare [Joshua 24:2](../../../kjv/joshua/24/2) , [Joshua 24:14](../../../kjv/joshua/24/14) , [Joshua 24:15](../../../kjv/joshua/24/15) , Abraham's "fathers "being *idolaters);* 2Sa 25:8 , 2Sa 25:17 ; 2Sa 35:29 ; 2Sa 49:29 , 2Sa 49:33 .[Numbers 20:26](../../../kjv/numbers/20/26) ; [Numbers 27:13](../../../kjv/numbers/27/13) ; [Numbers 31:2](../../../kjv/numbers/31/2) .[Deuteronomy 31:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/16) ; [Deuteronomy 32:50](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/50) . Jdg 2:10 . [1 Samuel 28:19](../../../kjv/1-samuel/28/19) (note "thou and thy sons "). [2 Kings 22:20](../../../kjv/2-kings/22/20) . [1 Chronicles 17:11](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/17/11) . [2 Chronicles 34:28](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/34/28) . [Acts 13:36](../../../kjv/acts/13/36) .

**And** . Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* in verses: [2 Samuel 12:24-27](../../../kjv/2-samuel/12/24-27) . App-6 . he. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, read "she", in contrast with "he" in next verse.
**Solomon** = Pacific or Peaceable. Compare [2 Samuel 7:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/7/13) .

**He** : i.e. Jehovah, by the hand of Nathan, in contrast with Bath-sheba. See note on [2 Samuel 12:24](../../../kjv/2-samuel/12/24) .
**Jedidiah** = beloved of Jah. See note on [Psalms 127:2](../../../kjv/psalms/127/2) .
**because of the LORD** = for Jehovah's sake.

**city of waters** . Figure of speech *Hypallage.* App-6 = waters of the city: i.e. the lower waters or town, cutting off the citadel, which David came and took.

**their king's crown** = the crown of Milcom, with Septuagint. Compare [1 Chronicles 20:2](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/20/2) .[Jeremiah 49:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/1) , [Jeremiah 49:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/3) .[Amos 1:15](../../../kjv/amos/1/15) .[Zephaniah 1:5](../../../kjv/zephaniah/1/5) (Comp. Bible). talent. See App-51 .

**put** = appointed, appointed over, set, &c. Hebrew. *sum* ([Genesis 2:8](../../../kjv/genesis/2/8) ; [Genesis 45:8](../../../kjv/genesis/45/8) , [Genesis 45:9](../../../kjv/genesis/45/9) ; [Genesis 47:6](../../../kjv/genesis/47/6) . [Exodus 2:14](../../../kjv/exodus/2/14) ; [Exodus 5:14](../../../kjv/exodus/5/14) . 1Sa 8:11 ; [1 Samuel 7:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/7/10) . [2 Kings 10:24](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/24) .[Psalms 78:5](../../../kjv/psalms/78/5) ; [Psalms 81:5](../../../kjv/psalms/81/5) .[Hosea 1:11](../../../kjv/hosea/1/11) , &c.)
**under** = with, especially to work *with.* Hebrew letter *(Beth),* prefixed as preposition = *in, within, with.* When the preposition "under " = beneath, then it is either part of a verb or one of four distinct words: *'el (2* Samaritan Pentateuch [2 Samuel 2:23](../../../kjv/2-samuel/2/23) ); *mattah* ([1 Chronicles 27:23](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/27/23) ); *tehoth' (Jer.* [2 Samuel 10:11](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/11) .[Daniel 4:12](../../../kjv/daniel/4/12) , [Daniel 4:21](../../../kjv/daniel/4/21) ; [Daniel 7:27](../../../kjv/daniel/7/27) , "under the heavens "); *tahath* ([Daniel 4:14](../../../kjv/daniel/4/14) , "under a tree "). *Beth,* when translated "under", is only in the sense *of within (as* "under (or within the shelter of) the wing", or "under (or within) the earth "). Otherwise, used with a tool or weapon or instrument, it always means "with". See "with an axe "([Deuteronomy 19:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/19/5) .[Jeremiah 10:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/10/3); [Jeremiah 10:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/10/3) ); "with axes" ([Jeremiah 46:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/46/22) .[Ezekiel 26:9](../../../kjv/ezekiel/26/9) . [Psalms 74:6](../../../kjv/psalms/74/6) ); "with nails and with hammers" ([Jeremiah 10:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/10/4) ); "with an ox-goad "([Judges 3:31](../../../kjv/judges/3/31) ); "with mattock "([Isaiah 7:25](../../../kjv/isaiah/7/25) ; "with sword and with bow "([Genesis 48:22](../../../kjv/genesis/48/22) .[Joshua 24:12](../../../kjv/joshua/24/12) . [2 Kings 6:22](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/22) ); "with a graving tool "([Exodus 32:4](../../../kjv/exodus/32/4) ), &c.
**pass through** = pass by or before. Hebrew. *'abar,* as in [Ezekiel 37:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/37/2) ; [Ezekiel 46:21](../../../kjv/ezekiel/46/21) .[Deuteronomy 2:30](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/30) . [Exodus 33:19](../../../kjv/exodus/33/19) . 1Sa 16:8 , [1 Samuel 16:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/16/9) , [1 Samuel 16:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/16/10) , &c.
**brickkiln** = brick-work; hence, brick pavement or paved area (Revised Version margin) Not brickkiln; no brickkilns in Palestine. All bricks there are sun-dried. Only once spoken of as burnt--as being a strange thing ([Genesis 11:3](../../../kjv/genesis/11/3) , and margin) Hebrew. *malben,* occurs only here, [Jeremiah 43:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/43/9) , and [Nahum 3:14](../../../kjv/nahum/3/14) , the former at "entry" of royal palace, the latter said to be "fortified". Both out of the question, and quite incongruous for a brickkiln. The very paved area of [Jeremiah 43:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/43/9) was discovered at *Tahpanhes* by Flinders Petrie in 1886, where. Nebuchadnezzar did exactly what David did here and in Ch. [2 Samuel 8:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/8/2) and [1 Chronicles 20:3](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/20/3) .
**thus did he** : i.e. as in [2 Samuel 8:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/8/2) , with Moab, s(here; he caused the captives to pass by before him, he seated on a pavement of brick-work, or paved area where he appointed them to the various departments of labour for which they were suited. Compare [Jeremiah 43:9-11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/43/9-11) These were the "strangers" (i.e. foreigners) and the "abundance of' workmen" referred to in [1 Chronicles 22:2](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/22/2) , [1 Chronicles 22:15](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/22/15) . Compare [Deuteronomy 29:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/29/11) .[Joshua 9:27](../../../kjv/joshua/9/27) . See notes on [1 Kings 5:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/5/13) ; 1Ki 9:15 , [1 Kings 9:21](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/21) , [1 Kings 9:22](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/22) .

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