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The Second Book of Samuel 12

12 And Yahweh sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and he said to him, “Two men were in one city—one was rich and one was poor. 2 To the rich man belonged very many sheep and cattle, 3 But to the poor man, there was not anything except one little ewe lamb which he had bought. And he kept it alive, and it grew with him and with his sons together. From his scrap it would eat; from his cup it would drink, and in his lap, it would lay down. And it was to him like a daughter.

4 And a traveler came to the rich man, and he spared taking from his flock or from his cattle to prepare for the wanderer who had come to him. And he took the ewe lamb of the poor man, and he prepared it for the man who had come to him.”

5 And the nose of David grew very hot against the man. And he said to Nathan, “By the life of Yahweh, surely the man who has done that is a son of death! 6 He will restore the ewe lamb fourfold on account that he has done this thing and on account that he did not spare.”

7 And Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: ‘I myself anointed you as king over Israel, and I myself delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8 And I gave to you the house of your lord and the wives of your lord in your lap, and I gave to you the house of Israel and Judah. But if this is little, let me add to you like them and like them. 9 Why have you despised the Word of Yahweh by doing that which is evil in my eyes? You struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and his wife you took for yourself as a wife. But him you have killed with the sword of the sons of Ammon. 10 And now, the sword will not turn away from your house until forever on account that you despised me, and you have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to become a wife for you.’

11 Thus says Yahweh: ‘Look at me raising up against you a disaster from your house. And I will take your wives to your eyes, and I will give them to your companions. And he will lay down with your wives to the eyes of this sun. 12 For you yourself have done in secret, but I myself will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’ ”

13 And David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.”

And Nathan said to David, “Yahweh has even allowed your sin to pass; you will not die. 14 Nevertheless, because you have utterly disrespected the enemies of Yahweh with this thing, the son who was born to you will also surely die.” 15 And Nathan went to his home.

And Yahweh afflicted the child whom the wife of Uriah had born to David, and he became sick. 16 And David sought God for the sake of the boy. And David fasted a fast, and he came, and he spent the night, and he laid down on the ground. 17 And the elders of his house got up beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was not wiling, nor would he eat bread with them.

18 And it happened on the seventh day, and the child died, and the servants of David were afraid to inform him that the child died, for they said, ‘Look, while the child was living, we spoke to him, but he did not listen to our voice. And how will we say to him, ‘The child died?’ And he will do harm.”

19 And David saw that his servants were whispering together, and David discerned that the child died. And David said to his servants, “Did the child die?”

And they said, “He died.”

20 And David got up from the ground, and he washed, and he anointed, and he changed his clothes, and he entered the house of Yahweh, and he prostrated himself. And he came to his house, and he asked, and they put out bread for him, and he ate.

21 And his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? For the sake of the living child you fasted, and you wept, but just as the child dies, you get up, and you eat bread.”

22 And he said, “When yet the child was alive, I fasted, and I wept, because I said, ‘Who knows? Yahweh may be gracious to me, so that the child lives.’ 23 But now, he is dead. Why is this that I should fast? Am I able to bring him back again? I am going to him, but he—he will not return to me.”

24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and he came to her, and he laid down with her. And she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Yahweh loved him. 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name Jedidiah for the sake of Yahweh.

26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. And he overthrew the city of the kingdom. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and he said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Also, I have overthrown the city of the waters. 28 And now, gather the remainder of the people and lay siege to the city and overthrow it, lest I take the city myself and my name is called to it.

29 And David gathered all the people, and he went to Rabbah. And he fought against it, and he overthrew it. 30 And David took the crown of their king from his head (and its weight was a talent of gold and a precious stone), and it was on the head of David. And the plunder of the city he brought out—very much. 31 But the people who were in it, he brought out, and he set them with the saw and with picks of iron and with axes of iron, and he made them pass through at the brick kiln. And thus he did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

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