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Then the LORD sent Nathan to David .
And he came to him ,
and said to him : "
There were two men in one city ,
one rich and the other poor .
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The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds .
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But the poor man had nothing ,
except one little ewe lamb which he had bought and nourished ;
and it grew up together with him and with his children .
It ate of his own food and drank from his own cup and lay in his bosom ;
and it was like a daughter to him .
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And a traveler came to the rich man ,
who refused to take from his own flock and from his own herd to prepare one for the wayfaring man who had come to him ;
but he took the poor man '
s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him ."
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So David '
s anger was greatly aroused against the man ,
and he said to Nathan , "
As the LORD lives ,
the man who has done this shall surely die !
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And he shall restore fourfold for the lamb ,
because he did this thing and because he had no pity ."
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Then Nathan said to David , "
You are the man !
Thus says the LORD God of Israel : "
I anointed you king over Israel ,
and I delivered you from the hand of Saul .
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I gave you your master '
s house and your master '
s wives into your keeping ,
and gave you the house of Israel and Judah .
And if that had been too little ,
I also would have given you much more !
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Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD ,
to do evil in His sight ?
You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword ;
you have taken his wife to be your wife ,
and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon .
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Now therefore ,
the sword shall never depart from your house ,
because you have despised Me ,
and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife .'
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Thus says the LORD : "
Behold ,
I will raise up adversity against you from your own house ;
and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor ,
and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun .
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For you did it secretly ,
but I will do this thing before all Israel ,
before the sun ."'