Big Idea: The Lord ensures that justice is satisfied, sometimes by allowing one’s children to repeat the parent’s sins.
Understanding the Text
The Lord confronted David with his sin and announced that he would severely punish him. Through Nathan’s entrapment technique, he even maneuvered David into imposing his own penalty. David must pay fourfold for his theft of Uriah’s wife (2 Sam. 12:6). The first installment of this payment came almost immediately, as the first baby born to Bathsheba and David died. Now in chapter 13 David makes the second installment as his children follow in his footsteps. The third and fourth installments are made in later episodes of the unfolding history.
Interpretive Insights
13:1 Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom s…
You Reap What You Sow
2 Sam 13:1-39
2 Sam 13:1-39
Teach the Text
by Robert B. Chisholm Jr.
by Robert B. Chisholm Jr.
Baker Publishing Group, Teaching the Text, by Robert B. Chisholm Jr.