2Samuel:12-13
mkjv@2Samuel:12:1 @ And 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 one poor.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:2 @ [The] rich one had exceeding many flocks and herds,
mkjv@2Samuel:12:3 @ but the poor one had nothing except one little ewe lamb which he had bought and nourished up. And it grew up together with him and with his sons. It ate of his own food and drank from his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:4 @ And there came a traveler to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd to dress for the traveler that had come to him. But he took the poor man's lamb and dressed it for the man who had come to him.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:5 @ And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man. And he said to Nathan, [As] the Lord lives, the man who has done this shall surely die.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:6 @ And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:7 @ And Nathan said to David, You [are] the man! So says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:8 @ 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 that [was] too little, I would have given to you such and such [things] besides.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:9 @ Why have you despised the word of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have stricken Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife [to be] your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:10 @ And 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.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:11 @ So 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.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:12 @ For you did [it] secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:13 @ And 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.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:14 @ Only, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, this child born to you shall surely die.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:15 @ And Nathan left to go to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:16 @ And David prayed to God for the child. And David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the earth.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:17 @ And the elders of his house rose up toward him, to raise him up from the earth. But he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:18 @ And it happened 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 still alive we spoke to him, and he would not listen to our voice. How then will he trouble himself if we tell him that the child is dead?
mkjv@2Samuel:12:19 @ But David saw that his servants whispered. And David understood that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, Is the boy dead? And they said, He is dead.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:20 @ And David arose from the earth and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his clothing, and came into the house of the LORD and worshiped. And he came to his house, and commanded, and they brought bread before him and he ate.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:21 @ Then his servants said to him, What [is] this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the living boy, but when the child was dead you arose and ate bread!
mkjv@2Samuel:12:22 @ And he said, While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who can tell [if] God will be gracious to me so that the child may live?
mkjv@2Samuel:12:23 @ But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:24 @ And David comforted his wife Bathsheba. And he went in to her and lay with her. And she bore a son. And he called his name Solomon. And the LORD loved him.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:25 @ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:26 @ And Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and took the royal city.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:27 @ And Joab sent messengers to David and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:28 @ And therefore gather the rest of the people together, and camp against the city and take it, lest I take the city and it be called after my name.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:29 @ And David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:30 @ And he took the king's crown from off his head, the weight of which [was] a talent of gold, and a precious stone in it. And it was [set] on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
mkjv@2Samuel:12:31 @ And he brought forth the people that [were] in it, and put them to the saw, and to sharp tools of iron, and to axes of iron. And he made them go over into the brick-kiln. And so he did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:1 @ And it happened after this Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name [was] Tamar. And Amnon the son of David loved her.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:2 @ And Amnon was so troubled that he fell sick for his sister Tamar, for she [was] a virgin. And Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:3 @ And Amnon had a friend, whose name [was] Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah. And Jonadab [was] a very crafty man.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:4 @ And he said to him, Why [are] you, the king's son, lean from day to day? Will you not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:5 @ And Jonadab said to him, Lay down on your bed and make yourself sick. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, Please let my sister Tamar come and give me food, and prepare the food in my sight so that I may see and eat [it] at her hand.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:6 @ And Amnon lay down and made himself sick. And when the king had come to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat at her hand.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:7 @ And David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:8 @ And Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house. And he had lain down. And she took flour and kneaded [it], and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:9 @ And she took a pan and poured [them] out before him. But he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Make every man go out from me. And every man went out from him.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:10 @ And Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the food into the room so that I may eat out of your hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought [them] into the room to Amnon her brother.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:11 @ And when she had brought [them] to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, Come lie with me, my sister.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:12 @ And she answered him, No, my brother, do not humble me. For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Do not do this folly.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:13 @ And I, where shall I cause my shame to go? And as for you, you shall be as one of the fools in Israel. But now please speak to the king. For he will not withhold me from you.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:14 @ But he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:15 @ Then Amnon hated her with a great hatred. And the hatred with which he hated her [was] greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Get up and go.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:16 @ And she said to him, [There is] no cause. This evil in sending me away [is] greater than the other that you did to me. But he would not listen to her.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:17 @ And he called his servant who waited on him and said, And put this [woman] out from me, and bolt the door after her.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:18 @ And [she had] a robe of many colors upon her, for the king's virgin daughters were clothed with such robes. And his servant brought her out and bolted the door after her.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:19 @ And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the robe of many colors that [was] on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on, crying.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:20 @ And Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He [is] your brother. Do not set your heart on this thing. And Tamar remained desolate in the house of her brother Absalom.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:21 @ And when King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:22 @ And Absalom did not speak to his brother Amnon, neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had forced his sister Tamar.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:23 @ And it happened after two full years Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, beside Ephraim. And Absalom invited all the king's sons.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:24 @ And Absalom came to the king and said, Behold now, your servant has shearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:25 @ And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go now, lest we be too heavy upon you. And he pressed him. He would not go, however, but blessed him.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:26 @ Then Absalom said, If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us? And the king said to him, Why should he go with you?
mkjv@2Samuel:13:27 @ But Absalom pressed him, so that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:28 @ And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, And watch when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon, you shall kill him. Do not fear. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be brave.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:29 @ And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. And all the king's sons arose. And they each got on his mule and fled.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:30 @ And it happened while they were in the way, news came to David, saying, Absalom has killed all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:31 @ And the king arose and tore his garments, and lay on the earth. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:32 @ And Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah answered and said, Let not my lord think that they have killed all the young men, the king's sons. For only Amnon is dead. For by the mouth of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he humbled his sister Tamar.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:33 @ And now do not let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead, for only Amnon is dead.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:34 @ But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked. And, behold, many people came by the way of the hillside behind him.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:35 @ And Jonadab said to the king, Behold, the king's sons come; as your servant said, so it is.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:36 @ And it happened as soon as he had made an end of speaking, behold, the king's sons came. And they lifted up their voice and wept. And the king also and all his servants wept with a great weeping.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:37 @ But Absalom fled and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:38 @ And Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
mkjv@2Samuel:13:39 @ And king David longed to go forth to Absalom, for he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.
mkjv@2Samuel:14:1 @ And Joab the son of Zeruiah saw that the king's heart [was] toward Absalom.
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