Comments on 2 Samuel 13-24

"The price of David’s sin of murder and adultery was high. He spent the rest of his life regretting it. In one psalm he expressed his mental torment and pleaded for forgiveness. “'Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me... .
“'Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.' (Psalm 51:1–3, 10–11.)
"Eventually, David received the assurance that his soul would be “delivered . . . from the lowest hell” (Psalm 86:12–13). But this assurance could not restore the blessings he had lost. They were gone forever.
"David paid another price, too, an earthly one, which haunted him until the day he died. 'The sword shall never depart from thine house,' the prophet Nathan told him, 'because thou hast despised me [the Lord], and hast taken the wife of Uriah' (2 Samuel 12:10). This prophecy was literally fulfilled."
This is the introduction to the notes and commentary on 2 Samuel 13–24 in the church educational systems Institute course on the Old Testament. If you wish to read this, please click on this link.