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2 Samuel

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1 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. 2 The rich man had ex­ceed­ing many flocks and herds: 3 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. 4 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. 5 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: 6 And he shall re­store the lamb four­fold, be­cause he did this thing, and be­cause he had no pity. 7 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; 8 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. 9 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. 10 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. 11 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. 12 For thou didst it se­cret­ly: but I will do this thing be­fore all Is­rael, and be­fore the sun. 13 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. 14 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. 15 And Nathan de­part­ed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David there­fore be­sought God for the child; and David fast­ed, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 17 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. 18 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? 19 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. 20 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. 21 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. 22 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? 23 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. 24 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. 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Je­didi­ah, be­cause of the LORD. 26 And Joab fought against Rab­bah of the chil­dren of Am­mon, and took the roy­al city. 27 And Joab sent mes­sen­gers to David, and said, I have fought against Rab­bah, and have tak­en the city of wa­ters. 28 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. 29 And David gath­ered all the peo­ple to­geth­er, and went to Rab­bah, and fought against it, and took it. 30 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. 31 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.