12:1 And
the
LORD
sent
Nathan
to
David.
He
came
to
him
and
said
to
him,
"There
were
two
men
in
a
certain
city,
the
one
rich
and
the
other
poor.
12:2 The
rich
man
had
very
many
flocks
and
herds,
12:3 but
the
poor
man
had
nothing
but
one
little
ewe
lamb,
which
he
had
bought.
And
he
brought
it
up,
and
it
grew
up
with
him
and
with
his
children.
It
used
to
eat
of
his
morsel
and
drink
from
his
cup
and
lie
in
his
arms,
and
it
was
like
a
daughter
to
him.
12:4 Now
there
came
a
traveler
to
the
rich
man,
and
he
was
unwilling
to
take
one
of
his
own
flock
or
herd
to
prepare
for
the
guest
who
had
come
to
him,
but
he
took
the
poor
man's
lamb
and
prepared
it
for
the
man
who
had
come
to
him."
12:5 Then
David's
anger
was
greatly
kindled
against
the
man,
and
he
said
to
Nathan,
"As
the
LORD
lives,
the
man
who
has
done
this
deserves
to
die,
12:6 and
he
shall
restore
the
lamb
fourfold,
because
he
did
this
thing,
and
because
he
had
no
pity."
12:7 Nathan
said
to
David,
"You
are
the
man!
Thus
says
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
'I
anointed
you
king
over
Israel,
and
I
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
Saul.
12:8 And
I
gave
you
your
master's
house
and
your
master's
wives
into
your
arms
and
gave
you
the
house
of
Israel
and
of
Judah.
And
if
this
were
too
little,
I
would
add
to
you
as
much
more.
12:9 Why
have
you
despised
the
word
of
the
LORD,
to
do
what
is
evil
in
his
sight
You
have
struck
down
Uriah
the
Hittite
with
the
sword
and
have
taken
his
wife
to
be
your
wife
and
have
killed
him
with
the
sword
of
the
Ammonites.
12:10 Now
therefore
the
sword
shall
never
depart
from
your
house,
because
you
have
despised
me
and
have
taken
the
wife
of
Uriah
the
Hittite
to
be
your
wife.'
12:11 Thus
says
the
LORD,
'Behold,
I
will
raise
up
evil
against
you
out
of
your
own
house.
And
I
will
take
your
wives
before
your
eyes
and
give
them
to
your
neighbor,
and
he
shall
lie
with
your
wives
in
the
sight
of
this
sun.
12:12 For
you
did
it
secretly,
but
I
will
do
this
thing
before
all
Israel
and
before
the
sun.'"
12:13 David
said
to
Nathan,
"I
have
sinned
against
the
LORD."
And
Nathan
said
to
David,
"The
LORD
also
has
put
away
your
sin;
you
shall
not
die.
12:14 Nevertheless,
because
by
this
deed
you
have
utterly
scorned
the
LORD,
the
child
who
is
born
to
you
shall
die."
12:15 Then
Nathan
went
to
his
house.
And
the
LORD
afflicted
the
child
that
Uriah's
wife
bore
to
David,
and
he
became
sick.
12:16 David
therefore
sought
God
on
behalf
of
the
child.
And
David
fasted
and
went
in
and
lay
all
night
on
the
ground.
12:17 And
the
elders
of
his
house
stood
beside
him,
to
raise
him
from
the
ground,
but
he
would
not,
nor
did
he
eat
food
with
them.
12:18 On
the
seventh
day
the
child
died.
And
the
servants
of
David
were
afraid
to
tell
him
that
the
child
was
dead,
for
they
said,
"Behold,
while
the
child
was
yet
alive,
we
spoke
to
him,
and
he
did
not
listen
to
us.
How
then
can
we
say
to
him
the
child
is
dead
He
may
do
himself
some
harm."
12:19 But
when
David
saw
that
his
servants
were
whispering
together,
David
understood
that
the
child
was
dead.
And
David
said
to
his
servants,
"Is
the
child
dead"
They
said,
"He
is
dead."
12:20 Then
David
arose
from
the
earth
and
washed
and
anointed
himself
and
changed
his
clothes.
And
he
went
into
the
house
of
the
LORD
and
worshiped.
He
then
went
to
his
own
house.
And
when
he
asked,
they
set
food
before
him,
and
he
ate.
12:21 Then
his
servants
said
to
him,
"What
is
this
thing
that
you
have
done
You
fasted
and
wept
for
the
child
while
he
was
alive;
but
when
the
child
died,
you
arose
and
ate
food."
12:22 He
said,
"While
the
child
was
still
alive,
I
fasted
and
wept,
for
I
said,
'Who
knows
whether
the
LORD
will
be
gracious
to
me,
that
the
child
may
live'
12:23 But
now
he
is
dead.
Why
should
I
fast
Can
I
bring
him
back
again
I
shall
go
to
him,
but
he
will
not
return
to
me."
12:24 Then
David
comforted
his
wife,
Bathsheba,
and
went
in
to
her
and
lay
with
her,
and
she
bore
a
son,
and
he
called
his
name
Solomon.
And
the
LORD
loved
him
12:25 and
sent
a
message
by
Nathan
the
prophet.
So
he
called
his
name
Jedidiah,
because
of
the
LORD.
12:26 Now
Joab
fought
against
Rabbah
of
the
Ammonites
and
took
the
royal
city.
12:27 And
Joab
sent
messengers
to
David
and
said,
"I
have
fought
against
Rabbah;
moreover,
I
have
taken
the
city
of
waters.
12:28 Now
then
gather
the
rest
of
the
people
together
and
encamp
against
the
city
and
take
it,
lest
I
take
the
city
and
it
be
called
by
my
name."
12:29 So
David
gathered
all
the
people
together
and
went
to
Rabbah
and
fought
against
it
and
took
it.
12:30 And
he
took
the
crown
of
their
king
from
his
head.
The
weight
of
it
was
a
talent
of
gold,
and
in
it
was
a
precious
stone,
and
it
was
placed
on
David's
head.
And
he
brought
out
the
spoil
of
the
city,
a
very
great
amount.
12:31 And
he
brought
out
the
people
who
were
in
it
and
set
them
to
labor
with
saws
and
iron
picks
and
iron
axes
and
made
them
toil
at
the
brick
kilns.
And
thus
he
did
to
all
the
cities
of
the
Ammonites.
Then
David
and
all
the
people
returned
to
Jerusalem.