12:1 And
Jehovah
sendeth
Nathan
unto
David,
and
he
cometh
unto
him,
and
saith
to
him:
`Two
men
have
been
in
one
city;
One
rich
and
one
poor;
12:2 The
rich
hath
flocks
and
herds
very
many;
12:3 And
the
poor
one
hath
nothing,
Except
one
little
ewe-lamb,
Which
he
hath
bought,
and
keepeth
alive,
And
it
groweth
up
with
him,
And
with
his
sons
together;
Of
his
morsel
it
eateth,
And
from
his
cup
it
drinketh,
And
in
his
bosom
it
lieth,
And
it
is
to
him
as
a
daughter;
12:4 And
there
cometh
a
traveller
to
the
rich
man,
And
he
spareth
to
take
Of
his
own
flock,
and
of
his
own
herd,
To
prepare
for
the
traveller
Who
hath
come
to
him,
And
he
taketh
the
ewe-lamb
of
the
poor
man,
And
prepareth
it
for
the
man
Who
hath
come
unto
him.'
12:5 And
the
anger
of
David
burneth
against
the
man
exceedingly,
and
he
saith
unto
Nathan,
`Jehovah
liveth,
surely
a
son
of
death
[is]
the
man
who
is
doing
this,
12:6 and
the
ewe-lamb
he
doth
repay
fourfold,
because
that
he
hath
done
this
thing,
and
because
that
he
had
no
pity.'
12:7 And
Nathan
saith
unto
David,
`Thou
[art]
the
man!
Thus
said
Jehovah,
God
of
Israel,
I
anointed
thee
for
king
over
Israel,
and
I
delivered
thee
out
of
the
hand
of
Saul;
12:8 and
I
give
to
thee
the
house
of
thy
lord,
and
the
wives
of
thy
lord,
into
thy
bosom,
and
I
give
to
thee
the
house
of
Israel
and
of
Judah;
and
if
little,
then
I
add
to
thee
such
and
such
[things]
.
12:9 `Wherefore
hast
thou
despised
the
word
of
Jehovah,
to
do
the
evil
thing
in
His
eyes
Uriah
the
Hittite
thou
hast
smitten
by
the
sword,
and
his
wife
thou
hast
taken
to
thee
for
a
wife,
and
him
thou
hast
slain
by
the
sword
of
the
Bene-Ammon.
12:10 `And
now,
the
sword
doth
not
turn
aside
from
thy
house
unto
the
age,
because
thou
hast
despised
Me,
and
dost
take
the
wife
of
Uriah
the
Hittite
to
be
to
thee
for
a
wife;
12:11 thus
said
Jehovah,
Lo,
I
am
raising
up
against
thee
evil,
out
of
thy
house,
and
have
taken
thy
wives
before
thine
eyes,
and
given
to
thy
neighbour,
and
he
hath
lain
with
thy
wives
before
the
eyes
of
this
sun;
12:12 for
thou
hast
done
[it]
in
secret,
and
I
do
this
thing
before
all
Israel,
and
before
the
sun.'
12:13 And
David
saith
unto
Nathan,
`I
have
sinned
against
Jehovah.'
And
Nathan
saith
unto
David,
`Also--Jehovah
hath
caused
thy
sin
to
pass
away;
thou
dost
not
die;
12:14 only,
because
thou
hast
caused
the
enemies
of
Jehovah
greatly
to
despise
by
this
thing,
also
the
son
who
is
born
to
thee
doth
surely
die.'
12:15 And
Nathan
goeth
unto
his
house,
and
Jehovah
smiteth
the
lad,
whom
the
wife
of
Uriah
hath
born
to
David,
and
it
is
incurable;
12:16 and
David
seeketh
God
for
the
youth,
and
David
keepeth
a
fast,
and
hath
gone
in
and
lodged,
and
lain
on
the
earth.
12:17 And
the
elders
of
his
house
rise
against
him,
to
raise
him
up
from
the
earth,
and
he
hath
not
been
willing,
nor
hath
he
eaten
with
them
bread;
12:18 and
it
cometh
to
pass
on
the
seventh
day,
that
the
lad
dieth,
and
the
servants
of
David
fear
to
declare
to
him
that
the
lad
is
dead,
for
they
said,
`Lo,
in
the
lad
being
alive
we
spake
unto
him,
and
he
did
not
hearken
to
our
voice;
and
how
do
we
say
unto
him,
The
lad
is
dead
--then
he
hath
done
evil.'
12:19 And
David
seeth
that
his
servants
are
whispering,
and
David
understandeth
that
the
lad
is
dead,
and
David
saith
unto
his
servants,
`Is
the
lad
dead'
and
they
say,
`Dead.'
12:20 And
David
riseth
from
the
earth,
and
doth
bathe
and
anoint
[himself]
,
and
changeth
his
raiment,
and
cometh
in
to
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
boweth
himself,
and
cometh
unto
his
house,
and
asketh
and
they
place
for
him
bread,
and
he
eateth.
12:21 And
his
servants
say
unto
him,
`What
[is]
this
thing
thou
hast
done
because
of
the
living
lad
thou
hast
fasted
and
dost
weep,
and
when
the
lad
is
dead
thou
hast
risen
and
dost
eat
bread.'
12:22 And
he
saith,
`While
the
lad
is
alive
I
have
fasted,
and
weep,
for
I
said,
Who
knoweth
--Jehovah
doth
pity
me,
and
the
lad
hath
lived;
12:23 and
now,
he
hath
died,
why
[is]
this--I
fast
am
I
able
to
bring
him
back
again
I
am
going
unto
him,
and
he
doth
not
turn
back
unto
me.'
12:24 And
David
comforteth
Bath-Sheba
his
wife,
and
goeth
in
unto
her,
and
lieth
with
her,
and
she
beareth
a
son,
and
he
calleth
his
name
Solomon;
and
Jehovah
hath
loved
him,
12:25 and
sendeth
by
the
hand
of
Nathan
the
prophet,
and
calleth
his
name
Jedidiah,
because
of
Jehovah.
12:26 And
Joab
fighteth
against
Rabbah
of
the
Bene-Ammon,
and
captureth
the
royal
city,
12:27 and
Joab
sendeth
messengers
unto
David,
and
saith,
`I
have
fought
against
Rabbah--also
I
have
captured
the
city
of
waters;
12:28 and
now,
gather
the
rest
of
the
people,
and
encamp
against
the
city,
and
capture
it,
lest
I
capture
the
city,
and
my
name
hath
been
called
upon
it.'
12:29 And
David
gathereth
all
the
people,
and
goeth
to
Rabbah,
and
fighteth
against
it,
and
captureth
it;
12:30 and
he
taketh
the
crown
of
their
king
from
off
his
head,
and
its
weight
[is]
a
talent
of
gold,
and
precious
stones,
and
it
is
on
the
head
of
David;
and
the
spoil
of
the
city
he
hath
brought
out,
very
much;
12:31 and
the
people
who
[are]
in
it
he
hath
brought
out,
and
setteth
to
the
saw,
and
to
cutting
instruments
of
iron,
and
to
axes
of
iron,
and
hath
caused
them
to
pass
over
into
the
brick-kiln;
and
so
he
doth
to
all
the
cities
of
the
Bene-Ammon;
and
David
turneth
back,
and
all
the
people,
to
Jerusalem.