2 Samuel 12
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2 Samuel 12:1-9

1Then the LordH3068 sentH7971 1NathanH5416 to DavidH1732. And 2he cameH935 to him and 3saidH559, “There were twoH8147 menH376 in oneH259 cityH5892, the oneH259 richH6223 and the otherH259 poorH7326.2The richH6223 manH6223 hadH1961 a greatH3966 manyH7235 flocksH6629 and herdsH1241.3But the poorH7326 man had nothingH369H3605 exceptH3588H518 4oneH259 littleH6996 eweH3535 lambH3535 WhichH834 he boughtH7069 and nourishedH2421; And it grewH1431 up togetherH3164 with him and his childrenH1121. It would eatH398 of his 5breadH6595 and drinkH8354 of his cupH3563 and lieH7901 in his bosomH2436, And was like a daughterH1323 to him.4Now a travelerH1982 cameH935 to the richH6223 manH376, And he 6was unwillingH2550 to takeH3947 from his own flockH6629 or his own herdH1241, To prepareH6213 for the wayfarerH732 who had comeH935 to him; Rather he tookH3947 the poorH7326 man’sH376 eweH3535 lambH3535 and preparedH6213 it for the manH376 who had comeH935 to him.” 5Then David’sH1732 angerH639 burnedH2734 greatlyH3966 against the manH376, and he saidH559 to NathanH5416, “As the LordH3068 livesH2416, surelyH3588 the manH376 who has doneH6213 thisH2088 78deservesH1121 to dieH4194. 6He must makeH7999 restitutionH7999 for the lambH3535 9fourfoldH706, becauseH6118H834 he didH6213 thisH2088 thingH1697 and hadH2550 noH3808 compassionH2550.”

7NathanH5416 then saidH559 to DavidH1732, “10You are the manH376! ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, ‘11It is I who anointedH4886 you kingH4428 overH5921 IsraelH3478 and it is I who deliveredH4672 you from the handH3027 of SaulH7586. 8I also gaveH5414 you 12your master’sH113 houseH1004 and your master’sH113 wivesH802 into your 13careH2436, and I gaveH5414 you the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 and JudahH3063; and ifH518 that had been too littleH4592, I would have addedH3254 to you many more things like theseH2007! 9WhyH4069 14have you despisedH959 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 by doingH6213 evilH7451 in His sightH5869? 15You have struckH5221 downH5221 UriahH223 the HittiteH2850 with the swordH2719, 16have takenH3947 his wifeH802 to be your wifeH802, and have killedH2026 him with the swordH2719 of the sonsH1121 of AmmonH5983.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 12:1 2 Sam 7:2, 4, 17 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 12:1 Ps 51: title ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 12:1 Lit said to him ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 12:3 2 Sam 11:3 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 12:3 Lit morsel ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 12:4 Lit spared ↩
  7. 7. 2 Samuel 12:5 Lit is a son of death ↩
  8. 8. 2 Samuel 12:5 1 Sam 26:16 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Samuel 12:6 Ex 22:1; Luke 19:8 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Samuel 12:7 1 Kin 20:42 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Samuel 12:7 1 Sam 16:13 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Samuel 12:8 2 Sam 9:7 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Samuel 12:8 Lit bosom ↩
  14. 14. 2 Samuel 12:9 1 Sam 15:23, 26 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Samuel 12:9 2 Sam 11:14-17 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Samuel 12:9 2 Sam 11:27 ↩

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