2 Samuel 12:1 meaning and explanation

Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

2 Samuel 12:1, Berean Standard Bible

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Nathan the prophet arrives at David's court by God's initiative, not his own. The verse follows David's adultery with Bathsheba and his arrangement of Uriah's death, and it opens the famous parable of the rich man and the poor man.

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