2Samuel:12

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* And the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David ; and he went in to him , and said to him , There were two men in one city , one rich and the other poor . * And the rich man had very many flocks and herds . * But the poor man had only one little ewe lamb , which he had purchased , and preserved , and reared ; an it grew up with himself and his children in common ; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup , and slept in his bosom , and was to him as a daughter . * And a traveller came to the rich man , and he spared to take of his flocks and of his herds , to dress for the traveller that came to him ; and he took the poor man ’s lamb , and dressed it for the man that came to him . * And David was greatly moved with anger against the man ; and David said to Nathan , As the Lord lives , the man that did this thing (note :)Gr . is a son of death (:note ) shall surely die . * And he shall restore the lamb seven-fold , because he has not spared . * And Nathan said to David , Thou art the man that has done this . Thus says the Lord God of Israel , I anointed thee to be king over Israel , and I rescued thee out the hand of Saul ; * and I gave thee the house of thy lord , and the wives of thy lord into thy bosom , and I gave to thee the house of Israel and Juda ; and if that (note :)Gr . is little , I will give , etc .(:note ) had been little , I would have given thee yet more . * Why hast thou set at nought the word of the Lord , to do that which is evil in his eyes ? thou hast slain Urias the Chettite with the sword , and thou hast taken his wife to be thy wife , and thou hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon . * Now therefore the sword shall not depart from thy house for ever , because thou has set me at nought , and thou hast taken the wife of Urias the Chettite , to be thy wife . * Thus says the Lord , Behold , I will raise up against thee evil out of thy house , and I will take thy wives before thine eyes , and will give them to thy neighbour , and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun . * For thou didst it secretly , but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel , and before the sun . * And David said to Nathan , I have sinned against the Lord . And Nathan said to David , And the Lord has put away thy sin ; thou shalt not die . * Only because thou hast given great occasion of provocation to the enemies of the Lord by this thing , thy son also (note :)Gr . born (:note ) that is born to thee shall surely die . * And Nathan departed to his house . And the Lord smote the child , which the wife of Urias the Chettite bore to David , and it was ill . * And David enquired of God concerning the child , and David fasted , and went in and lay all night upon the ground . * And the elders of his house arose and went to him to raise him up from the ground , but he would not rise , nor did he eat bread with them . * And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died : and the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead ; for they said , Behold , while the child was yet alive we spoke to him , and he hearkened not to our voice ; and thou should we tell him that the child is dead ?—so (note :)Gr . will (:note ) would he do himself harm . * And David understood that his servants were whispering , and David perceived that the child was dead : and David said to his servants , Is the child dead ? and they said , He is dead . * Then David rose up from the earth , and washed , and anointed himself , and changed his raiment , and went into the house of God , and worshipped him ; and went into his own house , and called for bread to eat , and they set bread before him and he ate . * And his servants said to him , What is this thing that thou hast done concerning the child ? while it was yet living thou didst fast , and weep , and watch : and when the child was dead thou didst rise up , and didst eat bread , and drink . * And David said , While the child yet lived , I fasted and wept ; for I said , Who knows if the Lord will pity me , and the child live ? * But now it is dead , why should I fast thus ? shall I be able to bring him back again ? I shall go to him , but he shall not return to me . * And David comforted Bersabee his wife , and he went in to her , and lay with her ; and she conceived and bore a son , and he called his named Solomon , and the Lord loved him . * And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet , and called his name Jeddedi , for the Lord ’s sake . * And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon , and took the royal city . * And Joab sent messengers to David , and said , I have fought against Rabbath , and taken the city of waters . * And now gather the rest of the people , and encamp against the city , and take it beforehand ; lest I take the city first , and my name be called upon it . * And David gathered all the people , and went to Rabbath , and fought against it , and took it . * And he took the crown of (note :)Alex . rightly omits Molchom ; «Their king ’ in Hebrews .(:note ) Molchom their king from off his head , and the weight of it was a talent of gold , with precious stones , and it was upon the head of David ; and he carried forth very much spoil of the city . * And he brought forth the people that were in it , and put them (note :)Gr . in (:note ) under the saw , and under iron harrows , and axes of iron , and made them pass through the brick-kiln : and thus he did to all the cities of the children of Ammon . And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem .

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