How many of you know what Samuel did to David about his affair with Bathsheba?

Question

Yes, Nathan ... Excuse the mistake -- thank you for bringing it to my attention

Answer 1

Told him an allegorical story about David himself. When David got angry at the story and condemned the unjust man, NATHAN (not Samuel) told him that that mad was David.

David and Bathsheba also lost their first child.

Answer 2

The prophet Nathan, not Samuel, was moved by God to confront David about his affair and his killing of Bathsheba's husband, Uriah. When David was confronted, he was sincerely repentant and fessed up, so he was not put to death, as was the law. Instead, the child that was the result of his union with Bathsheba died shortly after birth and David's house was divided until the day he died, i.e. his own son Absalom tried to kill David and usurp the throne.

Answer 3

Samuel was deceased, and therefore did nothing about David's affair with Bathsheba. Nice try, though!

Nathan the prophet told David a story of a wealthy man who had many sheep, but when guests came he took a little pet lamb from his poor neighbor who had only that one little lamb. David got angry and pronounced judgment on the wealthy man in Nathan's story. David said the man deserved to die, but at least he should repay the poor man four-fold. Nathan then told him that he was the man. David paid four-fold in his sons. Bathsheba's first son died, by divine justice. Absalom killed his brother Amnon. He was later killed when he tried to usurp David's throne. Adonijah perished after David's death when he tried to take the throne from Solomon.

So, God judged David according to his sin.

Answer 4

Losing a child is the most painful thing any parent can endure. That was the CONSEQUENCES of David's sin, not the punishment, because David had been forgiven.

Moses committed murder.

John 11:51-52 - some non-Christians argue that sinners cannot have the power to teach infallibly. But in this verse, God allows Caiaphas to prophesy infallibly, even though he was evil and plotted Jesus' death. God allows sinners to teach infallibly, just as He allows sinners to become saints. As a loving Father, He exalts His children, and is bound by His own justice to give His children a mechanism to know truth from error.

Is that your point?

Answer 5

It was Nathan that told him the parable about of the little lamb. (not Samuel) And it was not only just about the affair, but also about the murder that he commited as well (Bethseba's husband Uriah.)