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423 Nathan’s reproof. David repents. Son dies 2 SAMUEL 12:1-18
And Jehovah proceeded to CHAP. 12
12 send Nathan a to David. So
he came in to him b and said to
him: “There were two men that
happened to be in one city, the
one rich and the other of little
means. 2 The rich man happenedtohaveverymanysheep
and cattle; c 3 but the man of
little means had nothing but one
female lamb, a small one, that
he had bought. d And he was preserving
it alive, and it was growing
up with him and with his
sons, all together. From his morsel
it would eat, and from his cup
it would drink, and in his bosom
it would lie, and it came to be
as a daughter to him. 4 After a
while a visitor came to the rich
man, but he spared taking some
from his own sheep and his own
cattle to get such ready for the
traveler that had come in to him.
So he took the female lamb of
the man of little means and got it
ready for the man that had come
in to him.” e
5 At this David’s anger grew
very hot against the man, f so
that he said to Nathan: “As Jehovah
is living, g the man doing
this deserves to die! h 6 And for
thefemalelambheshouldmake
compensation i with four, j as a
consequence of the fact that he
has done this thing and because
he did not have compassion.” k
7 Then Nathan said to David:
“You yourself are the man! This
is what Jehovah the God of Israel
has said, ‘I myself anointed
l you as king over Israel, and I
myself delivered m you out of the
hand of Saul. 8 And I was willing
to give you the house of your
lord n and the wives of your lord o
into your bosom, and to give you
the house of Israel and of Judah. p
And if it were not enough, I was
willing to add to you things like
these as well as other things. q
9 Why did you despise the word
of Jehovah by doing what is bad r
a 1Ki 1:8
1Ch 17:1
1Ch 29:29
b Ps 51:Sup
c 2Sa 5:13
2Sa 15:16
d 2Sa 11:3
Pr 5:15
e 2Sa 11:4
f Lu 6:41
g De 6:13
h 1Sa 26:16
i Ex 21:34
j Ex 22:1
k 2Sa 21:7
l 1Sa 16:13
2Sa 7:8
m 1Sa 18:11
1Sa 19:10
1Sa 23:14
Ps 18:Sup
n 1Sa 13:14
1Sa 15:28
o 2Sa 3:7
1Ki 2:22
p 2Sa 2:4
2Sa 5:5
q 2Sa 7:19
Ps 84:11
Jas 1:17
r Ex 20:13
Ex 20:14
Ex 20:17
Second Col.
a 2Sa 11:15
b 2Sa 11:27
Heb 13:4
c 2Sa 13:32
2Sa 18:33
d Nu 14:18
Ga 6:7
e 2Sa 12:19
2Sa 13:14
2Sa 15:14
f Ex 21:24
Job 31:10
Job 34:11
g 2Sa 16:21
h 2Sa 11:4
2Sa 11:8
2Sa 11:13
2Sa 11:15
i 2Sa 16:22
j Mt 10:26
Lu 12:2
k Ps 51:Sup
l Ge 39:9
Ps 32:5
Ps 38:3
Ps 51:4
Pr 28:13
m Ex 34:6
Ps 32:1
Ps 130:4
Mic 7:18
n Le 20:10
Ps 103:10
o Ps 51:4
p Ex 34:7
De 23:2
Ps 89:32
Pr 3:11
Heb 12:6
q 1Sa 25:38
2Sa 24:15
r 2Sa 12:22
Jon 3:9
s 2Sa 13:31
t 2Sa 3:35
in his eyes? U·riah the Hittite
you struck down with the sword, a
and his wife you took as your
wife, b and him you killed by the
sword of the sons of Ammon.
10 And now a sword c will not depart
from your own house to time
indefinite, d as a consequence of
the fact that you despised me so
that you took the wife of U·riah
the Hittite to become your
wife.’ 11 This is what Jehovah
has said, ‘Here I am raising up
against you calamity out of your
own house; e and I will take
your wives under your own eyes
and give them to your fellowman,
f and he will certainly lie
down with your wives under the
eyes of this sun. g 12 Whereas
you yourself acted in secret, h I,
for my part, shall do this thing in
front of all Israel i and in front of
the sun.’ ” j
13 David now said k to Nathan:
“I have sinned against Jehovah.” l
At this Nathan said to David:
“Jehovah, in turn, does let your
sin pass by. m You will not die. n
14 Notwithstanding this, because
you have unquestionably
treated Jehovah with disrespect o
by this thing, also the son himself,
just born to you, will positively
die.” p
15 Then Nathan went to his
own house.
And Jehovah proceeded to
deal a blow q to the child that the
wife of U·riah had borne to Davidsothatittooksick.
16 And
David began to seek the true God
in behalf of the boy, and David
went on a strict fast r and came
in and spent the night and lay
down on the earth. s 17 So the
older men of his house stood up
over him to raise him up from the
earth,buthedidnotconsentand
did not take bread t in company
with them. 18 And it came
about on the seventh day that
the child gradually died. And
the servants of David were afraid