2 Samuel 12:13 & Psalm 51 In this passage we see the effect of God’s mercy and grace upon David’s sin. However, we need to watch how David correctly repented as we had so often seen the failure of incomplete repentance with Israel’s first king, King Saul. When we do wrong there are several aspects we must observe in David’s repentance that would help us in our own confession of sin towards God....
How many sons of David died? While David was alive three of his sons died before he did. The three sons of David that died while he was alive, died in the following order: The unnamed child born to Bathsheba (2 Samuel 12:18). Amnon (David’s eldest son) when he raped Tamar (David’s daughter) by the hand of Absalom (2 Samuel 12:29). Absalom after his revolt against David (2 Samuel 18:15). Then not long after David died, Adonijah (David’s eldest after that Amnon and Absalom perished) also died after trying to subtly take the throne from Solomon (1 Kings 2:34)....
2 Samuel 12:1-12 In this passage we read of the Lord sending Nathan to David to deliver a story. The purpose of the story is to evoke conviction from David to bring him unto repentance for the sin he committed in the previous chapter 2 Samuel 11. As David had yet been unrepentant over his sin, God uses an emotive story to stir up his heart. We could similarly ask the same question of our own life by asking ourselves: how would God try to prick our conscience on unrepentant sin?...