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2 Samuel 12 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Yahweh Sends Nathan to David

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Then Yahweh sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and [fn]said,

“There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.

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“The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.

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“But the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb

Which he bought and nourished;

And it grew up together with him and his children.

It would eat his morsel of bread and drink of his cup and lie in his bosom,

And was like a daughter to him.

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“Now a visitor came to the rich man,

And he [fn]was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd,

To prepare for the traveler who had come to him;

Rather he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”

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Then David’s anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As Yahweh lives, surely the man who has done this [fn]deserves to die.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:6 - “And he must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion.”

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Nathan then said to David, “You are the man! Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - ‘I also gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your [fn]care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you many more things like these!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - ‘Why have you despised the word of Yahweh by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:10 - ‘So now, 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.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:11 - “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives from before your sight and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - ‘Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:13 - Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” And Nathan said to David, “Yahweh also has [fn]taken away your sin; you shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:14 - “However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of Yahweh to blaspheme, the son also that is born to you shall surely die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:15 - And Nathan went to his house.

Then Yahweh smote the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, so that he was very sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - David therefore sought God about the boy; and David fasted and went and spent the night lying on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - And the elders of his household stood beside him in order to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - Then it happened on the seventh day that 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 still alive, we spoke to him and he did not listen to our voice. How then can we tell him that the child has died? He might do himself harm!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:19 - And David saw that his servants were whispering together, so David discerned that the child had died; so David said to his servants, “Has the child died?” And they said, “He has died.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20 - So David arose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he came into the house of Yahweh and worshiped. Then he came to his own house, and he asked, and they set food before him, and he ate.

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Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? [fn]While the child was alive, you fasted and wept; but when the child died, you arose and ate food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:22 - Then he said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows, Yahweh may be gracious to me, that the child may live.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:23 - “But now he has died; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

Solomon Is Born

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Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and [fn]he named him Solomon. Now Yahweh loved him

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:25 - and sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him [fn]Jedidiah for the sake of Yahweh.

Joab Fights Ammon

(1Ch 20:1–3 )

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Then Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and captured the royal city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:27 - And Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28 - “So now, gather the rest of the people together and camp against the city and capture it, lest I capture the city myself and it be named after me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:29 - So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:30 - Then he took the crown of [fn]their king from his head; and its weight was a [fn]talent of gold, and in it [fn]was a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city in a very great amount.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:31 - He also brought out the people who were in it and set them up with saws, sharp iron instruments, and iron axes, and made them pass through the brickkiln. And thus he used to do to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
See the LSB Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
LSB Footnotes
Lit said to him
Lit spared
Lit is a son of death
Lit bosom
Lit caused your sin to pass away
Lit On account of
Some mss she
Lit beloved of Yahweh
Or Malcam, cf. Zeph 1:5
A talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg
Or were precious stones
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2 Samuel Chapter 12 — Additional Translations:

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