2Samuel:12-13
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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 .
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And it came to pass after this ,
that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister ,
whose name was Tamar ;
and Amnon the son of David loved her .
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And Amnon was so vexed ,
that he fell sick for his sister Tamar ;
for she was a virgin ;
and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her .
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But Amnon had a friend ,
whose name was Jonadab ,
the son of Shimeah David '
s brother :
and Jonadab was a very subtil man .
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And he said unto him ,
Why art thou ,
being the king '
s son ,
lean from day to day ?
wilt thou not tell me ?
And Amnon said unto him ,
I love Tamar ,
my brother Absalom '
s sister .
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And Jonadab said unto him ,
Lay thee down on thy bed ,
and make thyself sick :
and when thy father cometh to see thee ,
say unto him ,
I pray thee ,
let my sister Tamar come ,
and give me meat ,
and dress the meat in my sight ,
that I may see it ,
and eat it at her hand .
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So Amnon lay down ,
and made himself sick :
and when the king was come to see him ,
Amnon said unto the king ,
I pray thee ,
let Tamar my sister come ,
and make me a couple of cakes in my sight ,
that I may eat at her hand .
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Then David sent home to Tamar ,
saying ,
Go now to thy brother Amnon '
s house ,
and dress him meat .
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So Tamar went to her brother Amnon '
s house ;
and he was laid down .
And she took flour ,
and kneaded it ,
and made cakes in his sight ,
and did bake the cakes .
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And she took a pan ,
and poured them out before him ;
but he refused to eat .
And Amnon said ,
Have out all men from me .
And they went out every man from him .
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And Amnon said unto Tamar ,
Bring the meat into the chamber ,
that I may eat of thine hand .
And Tamar took the cakes which she had made ,
and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother .
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And when she had brought them unto him to eat ,
he took hold of her ,
and said unto her ,
Come lie with me ,
my sister .
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And she answered him ,
Nay ,
my brother ,
do not force me ;
for no such thing ought to be done in Israel :
do not thou this folly .
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And I ,
whither shall I cause my shame to go ?
and as for thee ,
thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel .
Now therefore ,
I pray thee ,
speak unto the king ;
for he will not withhold me from thee .
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Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice :
but ,
being stronger than she ,
forced her ,
and lay with her .
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Then Amnon hated her exceedingly ;
so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her .
And Amnon said unto her ,
Arise ,
be gone .
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And she said unto him ,
There is no cause :
this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me .
But he would not hearken unto her .
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Then he called his servant that ministered unto him ,
and said ,
Put now this woman out from me ,
and bolt the door after her .
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And she had a garment of divers colours upon her :
for with such robes were the king '
s daughters that were virgins apparelled .
Then his servant brought her out ,
and bolted the door after her .
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And Tamar put ashes on her head ,
and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her ,
and laid her hand on her head ,
and went on crying .
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And Absalom her brother said unto her ,
Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee ?
but hold now thy peace ,
my sister :
he is thy brother ;
regard not this thing .
So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom '
s house .
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But when king David heard of all these things ,
he was very wroth .
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And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad :
for Absalom hated Amnon ,
because he had forced his sister Tamar .
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And it came to pass after two full years ,
that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor ,
which is beside Ephraim :
and Absalom invited all the king '
s sons .
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And Absalom came to the king ,
and said ,
Behold now ,
thy servant hath sheepshearers ;
let the king ,
I beseech thee ,
and his servants go with thy servant .
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And the king said to Absalom ,
Nay ,
my son ,
let us not all now go ,
lest we be chargeable unto thee .
And he pressed him :
howbeit he would not go ,
but blessed him .
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Then said Absalom ,
If not ,
I pray thee ,
let my brother Amnon go with us .
And the king said unto him ,
Why should he go with thee ?
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But Absalom pressed him ,
that he let Amnon and all the king '
s sons go with him .
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Now Absalom had commanded his servants ,
saying ,
Mark ye now when Amnon '
s heart is merry with wine ,
and when I say unto you ,
Smite Amnon ;
then kill him ,
fear not :
have not I commanded you ?
be courageous ,
and be valiant .
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And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded .
Then all the king '
s sons arose ,
and every man gat him up upon his mule ,
and fled .
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And it came to pass ,
while they were in the way ,
that tidings came to David ,
saying ,
Absalom hath slain all the king '
s sons ,
and there is not one of them left .
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Then the king arose ,
and tare his garments ,
and lay on the earth ;
and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent .
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And Jonadab ,
the son of Shimeah David '
s brother ,
answered and said ,
Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king '
s sons ;
for Amnon only is dead :
for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar .
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Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart ,
to think that all the king '
s sons are dead :
for Amnon only is dead .
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But Absalom fled .
And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes ,
and looked ,
and ,
behold ,
there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him .
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And Jonadab said unto the king ,
Behold ,
the king '
s sons come :
as thy servant said ,
so it is .
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And it came to pass ,
as soon as he had made an end of speaking ,
that ,
behold ,
the king '
s sons came ,
and lifted up their voice and wept :
and the king also and all his servants wept very sore .
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But Absalom fled ,
and went to Talmai ,
the son of Ammihud ,
king of Geshur .
And David mourned for his son every day .
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So Absalom fled ,
and went to Geshur ,
and was there three years .
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And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom :
for he was comforted concerning Amnon ,
seeing he was dead .
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Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king '
s heart was toward Absalom .
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