2 Samuel 12:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

2 Samuel 12:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 22:1
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Luke 19:8
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Proverbs 6:31
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
James 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-14)

It seems to have been a great while after David had been guilty of adultery with Bath-sheba before he was brought to repentance for it. For, when Nathan was sent to him, the child was born (2 Sam. 12:14), so that it was about nine months that David lay under the guilt of that sin, and, for aught that appears, unrepented of. What shall we think of David’s state all this while? Can we imagine that h…