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Nathan Confronts David
The LORD sends Nathan with a story about a rich man who steals a poor man’s cherished lamb. David condemns the rich man without realizing that the story is aimed at him.
Nathan exposes David’s adultery and murder, rehearses God’s gifts, and announces consequences that mirror David’s hidden sins in public form. David confesses, and Nathan declares that the LORD has put away his sin while also announcing the child’s death.
Psalm 51’s superscription explicitly places the psalm after Nathan came to David concerning Bathsheba, giving canonical voice to repentance following the confrontation of 2 Samuel 12. The psalm therefore supplies the inner theological response to the sin and rebuke narrated in Samuel.
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