2Samuel:12
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And the LORD sent Nathan unto David .
And he came unto him ,
and said unto him ,
There were two men in one city ;
the one rich ,
and the other poor .
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The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds :
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But the poor man had nothing ,
save one little ewe lamb ,
which he had bought and nourished up :
and it grew up together with him ,
and with his children ;
it did eat of his own meat ,
and drank of his own cup ,
and lay in his bosom ,
and was unto him as a daughter .
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And there came a traveller unto the rich man ,
and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd ,
to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him ;
but took the poor man '
s lamb ,
and dressed it for the man that was come to him .
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And David '
s anger was greatly kindled against the man ;
and he said to Nathan ,
As the LORD liveth ,
the man that hath done this thing shall surely die :
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And he shall restore the lamb fourfold ,
because he did this thing ,
and because he had no pity .
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And Nathan said to David ,
Thou art the man .
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel ,
I anointed thee king over Israel ,
and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul ;
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And I gave thee thy master '
s house ,
and thy master '
s wives into thy bosom ,
and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah ;
and if that had been too little ,
I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things .
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Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD ,
to do evil in his sight ?
thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword ,
and hast taken his wife to be thy wife ,
and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon .
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Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house ;
because thou hast despised me ,
and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife .
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Thus saith the LORD ,
Behold ,
I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house ,
and I will take thy wives before thine eyes ,
and give them unto thy neighbour ,
and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun .
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For thou didst it secretly :
but I will do this thing before all Israel ,
and before the sun .
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And David said unto Nathan ,
I have sinned against the LORD .
And Nathan said unto David ,
The LORD also hath put away thy sin ;
thou shalt not die .
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Howbeit ,
because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme ,
the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die .
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And Nathan departed unto his house .
And the LORD struck the child that Uriah '
s wife bare unto David ,
and it was very sick .
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David therefore besought God for the child ;
and David fasted ,
and went in ,
and lay all night upon the earth .
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And the elders of his house arose ,
and went to him ,
to raise him up from the earth :
but he would not ,
neither did he eat bread with them .
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And it came to pass on the seventh day ,
that the child died .
And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead :
for they said ,
Behold ,
while the child was yet alive ,
we spake unto him ,
and he would not hearken unto our voice :
how will he then vex himself ,
if we tell him that the child is dead ?
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But when David saw that his servants whispered ,
David perceived that the child was dead :
therefore David said unto his servants ,
Is the child dead ?
And they said ,
He is dead .
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Then David arose from the earth ,
and washed ,
and anointed himself ,
and changed his apparel ,
and came into the house of the LORD ,
and worshipped :
then he came to his own house ;
and when he required ,
they set bread before him ,
and he did eat .
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Then said his servants unto him ,
What thing is this that thou hast done ?
thou didst fast and weep for the child ,
while it was alive ;
but when the child was dead ,
thou didst rise and eat bread .
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And he said ,
While the child was yet alive ,
I fasted and wept :
for I said ,
Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me ,
that the child may live ?
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But now he is dead ,
wherefore should I fast ?
can I bring him back again ?
I shall go to him ,
but he shall not return to me .
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And David comforted Bathsheba his wife ,
and went in unto her ,
and lay with her :
and she bare a son ,
and he called his name Solomon :
and the LORD loved him .
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And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet ;
and he called his name Jedidiah ,
because of the LORD .
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And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon ,
and took the royal city .
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And Joab sent messengers to David ,
and said ,
I have fought against Rabbah ,
and have taken the city of waters .
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Now therefore gather the rest of the people together ,
and encamp against the city ,
and take it :
lest I take the city ,
and it be called after my name .
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And David gathered all the people together ,
and went to Rabbah ,
and fought against it ,
and took it .
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And he took their king '
s crown from off his head ,
the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones :
and it was set on David '
s head .
And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance .
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And he brought forth the people that were therein ,
and put them under saws ,
and under harrows of iron ,
and under axes of iron ,
and made them pass through the brickkiln :
and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon .
So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem .