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And the LORD sent Nathan to David .
He came to him ,
and said to him , "
There were two men in a certain city ,
the one rich and the other poor .
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The rich man had very many flocks and herds ;
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but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb ,
which he had bought .
And he brought it up ,
and it grew up with him and with his children ;
it used to eat of his morsel ,
and drink from his cup ,
and lie in his bosom ,
and it was like a daughter to him .
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Now there came a traveler to the rich man ,
and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the wayfarer 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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Then David '
s anger was greatly kindled against the man ;
and he said to Nathan , "
As the LORD lives ,
the man who has done this deserves to 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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Nathan said to David , "
You are the man .
Thus says the LORD ,
the God of Israel , `
I anointed you king over Israel ,
and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul ;
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and I gave you your master '
s house ,
and your master '
s wives into your bosom ,
and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah ;
and if this were too little ,
I would add to you as much more .
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Why have you despised the word of the LORD ,
to do what is evil in his sight ?
You have smitten Uri '
ah the Hittite with the sword ,
and have taken his wife to be your wife ,
and have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites .
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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 Uri '
ah the Hittite to be your wife .'
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Thus says the LORD , `
Behold ,
I will raise up evil against you out of 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 ,
and before the sun .'"
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David said to Nathan , "
I have sinned against the LORD ."
And Nathan said to David , "
The LORD also has put away your sin ;
you shall not die .
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Nevertheless ,
because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD ,
the child that is born to you shall die ."
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Then Nathan went to his house .
And the LORD struck the child that Uri '
ah '
s wife bore to David ,
and it became sick .
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David therefore besought God for the child ;
and David fasted ,
and went in and lay all night upon the ground .
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And the elders of his house stood beside him ,
to raise him from the ground ;
but he would not ,
nor did he eat food with them .
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On the seventh day 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 spoke to him ,
and he did not listen to us ;
how then can we say to him the child is dead ?
He may do himself some harm ."
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But when David saw that his servants were whispering together ,
David perceived that the child was dead ;
and David said to his servants , "
Is the child dead ?"
They said , "
He is dead ."
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Then David arose from the earth ,
and washed ,
and anointed himself ,
and changed his clothes ;
and he went into the house of the LORD ,
and worshiped ;
he then went to his own house ;
and when he asked ,
they set food before him ,
and he ate .
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Then his servants said to him , "
What is this thing that you have done ?
You fasted and wept for the child while it was alive ;
but when the child died ,
you arose and ate food ."
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He said , "
While the child was still alive ,
I fasted and wept ;
for I said , `
Who knows whether the LORD will be gracious to me ,
that the child may live ?'
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But now he is dead ;
why should I fast ?
Can I bring him back again ?
I shall go to him ,
but he will not return to me ."
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Then David comforted his wife ,
Bathshe '
ba ,
and went in to her ,
and lay with her ;
and she bore a son ,
and he called his name Solomon .
And the LORD loved him ,
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and sent a message by Nathan the prophet ;
so he called his name Jedidi '
ah ,
because of the LORD .