2 Samuel 12
Nathan Reproves
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And the LORD sent
Nathan unto David. Ps. 51.1--0.1 And he
came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city;
the one rich, and the other poor.
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The rich man had exceeding many
flocks and herds:
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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.
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And there came a traveler 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.
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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:
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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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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;
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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.
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Wherefore hast thou despised the
commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his
sight? thou hast killed Uri'ah 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.
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Now therefore the sword shall never
depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast
taken the wife of Uri'ah the Hittite to be thy wife.
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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 neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of
this sun.
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For thou didst it secretly: but I
will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 2 Sam.
16.22
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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.
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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.
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And Nathan departed unto his house.
And the LORD struck the child that Ur i'ah's
wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
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David therefore besought God for the
child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the
earth.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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And David comforted Bath-she'ba 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.
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And he sent by the hand of Nathan the
prophet; and he called his name Jedidi'ah, 5 because of the LORD.
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David Captures
Rabbah |
1 Chr. 20.1-3 |
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And Jo'ab fought against Rabbah of the
children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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And Jo'ab sent messengers to David, and
said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of
waters.
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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.
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And David gathered all the people
together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took
it.
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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.
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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.
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