2 Samuel 12:3 (WEB)
but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was like a daughter to him.
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
“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.
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Tertullian
“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.
Read the whole comment“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.
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