1. 2 Samuel 12:14 – 14:33 “Sin Has Consequences”

2. 7 Nathan replied to David, “You are the man!... 13 David responded to Nathan, “I have sinned against YaHWeH.” Then Nathan replied to David, “YaHWeH has taken away your sin; you will not die. 14 However, because you treated YaHWeH with such contempt in this matter, the son born to you will die.” 2 Samuel 12:7-14

3. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. “Hŏmŏ-lŏgĕō” Lit. “Say the same thing” to assent, acknowledge, confess. Strong’s Concordance 1 John 1:9 (NASB95)

4. “He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.” James 1:15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. Hosea 8:7 For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind… Proverbs 28:13 (NASB95)

5. “…He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.” Hebrews 12:10-11 (NASB95)

6. After Nathan returned to his home, YaHWeH sent a deadly illness to the child of David and Uriah’s wife. "The biblical writer does not hesitate to attribute directly to YaHWeH the sickness of this child, in accordance with the prophet's word." (Baldwin) 2 Samuel 12:15

7. 16 David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground. 17 The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused. 18 Then on the seventh day the child died. David’s advisers were afraid to tell him. 2 Samuel 12:16-19

8. “That David possessed a deep understanding of God’s character is evident by the way he responded to God’s judgment. Before the blow fell he prayed, knowing that YaHWeH was a God of mercy. After the blow fell he worshiped, knowing that YaHWeH was a God of righteousness. He forgot the things that were behind, accepted the divine discipline, and looked ahead to the future.” William MacDonald

9. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. YaHWeH loved the child 25 and sent word through Nathan the prophet that they should name him Jedidiah (which means “beloved of YaHWeH”), as YaHWeH had commanded. 2 Samuel 12:24-25

10. “Joab struggled for more than a year to conquer Rabbah, and the victory only came when David got things right with God. There was an unseen spiritual reason behind the lack of victory at Rabbah. This was the final phase of David's restoration. He went back to doing what he should have done all along - leading Israel out to battle, instead of remaining in Jerusalem.” David Guzik

11. “We see in these chapters that David’s great sins did not completely wash out his past record of godly behavior. His sins had terrible consequences, as we shall see, but God did not cast David off.” "David's fall should put those who have not fallen on their guard, and save from despair those who have.“ Augustine Tom Constable

12. 2 Sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3 and his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; 4 and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; 5 and the sixth, Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These were born to David at Hebron. 2 Samuel 3:2–5 (NASB95)

13. 1. Amnon 2. Chileab (“Daniel”) 3. Absalom 4. Adonijah 5. Shephatiah 6. Ithream

14. Now David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. And Amnon, her half brother, fell desperately in love with her. Basically this verb is equivalent to the English “to love” in the sense of having a strong emotional attachment to and desire either to possess or to be in the presence of the object. 2 Samuel 13:1

15. One day Jonadab said to Amnon; “What’s the trouble? Why should the son of a king look so dejected morning after morning?” So Amnon told him, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.” James 3:15–16 (NASB95) 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. 2 Samuel 13:4

16. What Amnon did to Tamar was despicably wrong, but he could still somewhat redeem the situation by either marrying her or paying her bride-price in accordance with Exodus 22:16-17 and Deuteronomy 22:28- 29. The payment was meant to compensate for the fact that Tamar was now less likely to be married because she was no longer a virgin. David Guzik

17. 28 “If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her and they are discovered, 29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her; he cannot divorce her all his days. Deuteronomy 22:28–29 (NASB95)

18. Feelings of guilt and shame heightened Amnon’s emotions, so that he now “hated her more than he had loved her” Robert Bergen “Great emphasis is placed upon the root word hate, which appears four times in the original, showing that the love which he had felt before was pure, unbridled, sexual lust.” Ed Hindson

19. “When King David heard what had happened, he was very angry.” “David was preoccupied with government, wives, and concubines; he failed to act decisively to correct the evil in his family. At times, his guilt over his own sin caused him to decline to discipline his sons caught in similar sins. That proved to be his family’s undoing.” Life Application Bible 2 Samuel 13:21

20. David was right to be angry, but he didn't do anything to either protect Tamar or to correct Amnon. It may be that David was conscious of his own guilt in a similar matter and therefore felt a lack of moral authority to discipline his own son. “Why did he not reprove him at least very sharply for this foul fact?” Trapp

21. "They say a man never hears his own voice till it comes back to him from the phonograph. Certainly a man never sees the worst of himself until it reappears in his child." F.B. Meyer “David is as clearly unable to control his sons’ passions as he is his own.” Youngblood

22. “Absalom finally killed his brother at Baal- hazor 15 miles north-northeast of Jerusalem two years later (ca. 985 B.C.). As a cunning killer, Absalom waited until Amnon was relaxed and vulnerable. As David had committed adultery, made Uriah drunk, and then murdered him: so Amnon committed incest, is made drunk, and [is] then murdered." Trapp

23. “By killing his half-brother Amnon, Absalom was getting revenge for the rape of his sister Tamar, as well as getting rid of the firstborn son, the one next in line to be king. Clearly he had his sights set on being Israel’s king and he did everything in his power to obtain that goal; killing a half-brother and rebelling against his father. Absalom was handsome and popular like his father, but lacked his father’s heart for God.” Life Application Bible

24. 32 But just then Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimea, arrived and said, “No, don’t believe that all the king’s sons have been killed! It was only Amnon! Absalom has been plotting this ever since Amnon raped his sister Tamar. 33 No, my Lord the king, your sons aren’t all dead! It was only Amnon.” 2 Samuel 13:32-33

26. 1 Joab realized how much the king longed to see Absalom. 2 So he sent for a woman from Tekoa who had a reputation for great wisdom. He said to her, “Pretend you are in mourning; wear mourning clothes and don’t put on lotions. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time. 3 Then go to the king and tell him the story I am about to tell you.” 2 Samuel 14:1-3

28. “All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God does not just sweep life away; instead, He devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from Him.” 2 Samuel 14:14

29. Hebrews 9:27 (ESV) “And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment…” “All of us must die eventually.”

30. Psalm 90:3–6 (HCSB) 3 You return mankind to the dust, saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.” 4 For in Your sight a thousand years are like yesterday that passes by, like a few hours of the night. 5 You end their lives; they sleep. They are like grass that grows in the morning— 6 in the morning it sprouts and grows; by evening it withers and dries up… “Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground”

31. 10 Our lives last seventy years or, if we are strong, eighty years. Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow; indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away… 12 Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.

32. Job 19:25 (NASB95) “As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. Isaiah 59:20 (NASB95) “A Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” declares YaHWeH. “But God does not just sweep life away; He devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from Him.”

33. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. John 3:14–17 (NKJV)

34. 6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:6–8 (NKJV)

35. “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” John 14:6 (NASB95)

36. “The way He brings us back is through the person and work of Jesus, and how He stood in the place of guilty sinners as He hung on the cross and received the punishment that we deserved. It is true that God finds a way - but not at the expense of justice. God reconciles us by satisfying justice, not by ignoring justice.” David Guzik

37. 21 So the king sent for Joab and told him, “All right, go and bring back the young man Absalom.”… 23 Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. 24 But the king gave this order: “Absalom may go to his own house, but he must never come into my presence.” So Absalom did not see the king. 2 Samuel 14:21-24

38. 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 H ONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 SO THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH. 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:1–4 (NASB95)

39. “Then at last David summoned Absalom, who came and bowed low before the king, and the king kissed him.” “It's hard to think of a greater contrast than that between Absalom and the Prodigal Son of Jesus' parable. The Prodigal Son came back humble and repentant. Absalom came back burning Joab's fields.” Guzik 2 Samuel 14:33