2 Samuel 12:7 (WEB)
Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
Catechism · 1
“The prophet Nathan questioned David in the same way after he committed adultery with the wife of Uriah and had him murdered.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 2 Sam 12:7-15.
Fathers and councils · 6
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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John Chrysostom
““Did not I anoint thee for a king, and delivered thee from the hand of Saul, and give thee all that pertained to thy master, and all the house of Israel and Judah, and if it had been little for thee, I would have added thus and thus; and wherefore hast thou done that which was evil in my sight?”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 7–9.
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Ambrose of Milan
“I, He said, chose thee the youngest of thy brethren, I filled thee with the spirit of meekness, I anointed thee king by the hand of Samuel, in whom I and My Name dwelt.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. [2 Kings] xii. 7 ff.
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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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Gregory the Great
“For hence Peter willingly accepted Paul’s rebuke (Galat. ii. 11); hence David humbly listened to the reproof of his subject (2 Sam. xii. 7); because good rulers, being themselves unconscious of loving with partial affection, believe the word of free sincerity from subjects to be the homage of humility.” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 9
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Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.8.
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Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.8.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.8.
Cited together in Catechism §1736.
Cited together in Catechism §1736.
Parallel passages
1 Samuel 10:18 and 2 Samuel 12:7 share the same wording (10 words).
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