2 Samuel 12:2

“For it was behind me when to me was sent the Prophet, and set before me the parable of the poor man’s sheep.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 1, 2, etc.

“Consequently Matthew traces the succession downwards from David through Solomon, in connection with whose mother it was that he sinned; while Luke carries the genealogy upwards to the same David through Nathan, by which prophet God took away his sin.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 1–14.

“You will maintain communion, too, with the murderer: because Ahab, by deprecation, washed away (the guilt of) Naboth’s blood; and David, by confession, purged Uriah’s slaughter, together with its cause—adultery.” — editor's note: See 2 Sam. xi.; xii. 1–13.

“So, too, had the prophets (of old) granted to the repentant the pardon of murder, and therewith of adultery, inasmuch as they gave, at the same time, manifest proofs of severity.” — editor's note: Comp. 2 Sam. xii. 1–14, etc.