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And he came to him and said,<br>         There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-2.htm" target="_top"><b>2</b></a></span>The rich man had a great many flocks and herds. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>But the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb<br>         Which he bought and nourished;<br>         And it grew up together with him and his children.<br>         It would eat of his bread and drink of his cup and lie in his bosom,<br>         And was like a daughter to him. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>Now a traveler came to the rich man,<br>         And he was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd,<br>         To prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him;<br>         Rather he took the poor mans ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>Then Davids anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, As the L<font size="1">ORD</font> lives, surely the man who has done this deserves to die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>He must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>Nathan then said to David, You are the man! Thus says the L<font size="1">ORD</font> God of Israel, It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>I also gave you your masters house and your masters wives into your care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if <i>that had been</i> too little, I would have added to you many more things like these! <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>Why have you despised the word of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Thus says the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives before your eyes and give <i>them</i> to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Then David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. And Nathan said to David, The L<font size="1">ORD</font> also has taken away your sin; you shall not die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>So Nathan went to his house.<font color="#000000"><b><i>Loss of a Child</i></b></font><p>       Then the L<font size="1">ORD</font> struck the child that Uriahs widow bore to David, so that he was <i>very</i> sick. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>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 <i>still</i> alive, we spoke to him and he did not listen to our voice. How then can we tell him that the child is dead, since he might do <i>himself</i> harm! <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; so David said to his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>So David arose from the ground, washed, anointed <i>himself,</i> and changed his clothes; and he came into the house of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> and worshiped. Then he came to his own house, and when he requested, they set food before him and he ate. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>Then his servants said to him, What is this thing that you have done? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept; but when the child died, you arose and ate food. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>He said, While the child was <i>still</i> alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who knows, the L<font size="1">ORD</font> may be gracious to me, that the child may live. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>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. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Solomon Born</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and he named him Solomon. Now the L<font size="1">ORD</font> loved him <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>and sent <i>word</i> through Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah for the L<font size="1">ORDS</font> sake. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>War Again</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and captured the royal city. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>Joab sent messengers to David and said, I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>Now therefore, gather the rest of the people together and camp against the city and capture it, or I will capture the city myself and it will be named after me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>Then he took the crown of their king from his head; and its weight <i>was</i> a talent of gold, and <i>in it</i> <i>was</i> a precious stone; and it was <i>placed</i> on Davids head. And he brought out the spoil of the city in great amounts. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>He also brought out the people who were in it, and set <i>them</i> under saws, sharp iron instruments, and iron axes, and made them pass through the brickkiln. And thus he did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned <i>to</i> Jerusalem. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord sent Nathan to David: and when he was come to him, he said to him: There were two men in one city, the one rich, and the other poor. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/2_samuel/12.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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;<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/david_and_nathan.htm">David and Nathan</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin.'--2 SAMUEL xii. 13. We ought to be very thankful that Scripture never conceals the faults of its noblest men. High among the highest of them stands the poet- king. Whoever, for nearly three thousand years, has wished to express the emotions of trust in God, longing after purity, aspiration, and rapture of devotion, has found that his words have been before him. And this man <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/david_and_nathan.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/thou_art_the_man.htm">Thou Art the Man</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And David said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die; because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.'--2 SAMUEL xii. 5-7. Nathan's apologue, so tenderly beautiful, takes the poet-king on the most susceptible side of his character. All his history shows him as a man of wonderfully sweet, chivalrous, generous, swiftly compassionate nature. And so, when he hears the story of a mean, heartless selfishness, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/thou_art_the_man.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/coleridge/confessions_of_an_inquiring_spirit_etc/letter_vi_in_my_last.htm">Letter vi. In My Last Two Letters I have Given the State of the Argument as It...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">My dear friend, In my last two Letters I have given the state of the argument as it would stand between a Christian, thinking as I do, and a serious well-disposed Deist. I will now endeavour to state the argument, as between the former and the advocates for the popular belief,--such of them, I mean, as are competent to deliver a dispassionate judgment in the cause. And again, more particularly, I mean the learned and reflecting part of them, who are influenced to the retention of the prevailing <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/coleridge/confessions_of_an_inquiring_spirit_etc/letter_vi_in_my_last.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Samuel Taylor Coleridge—</span><span class="citation2">Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit etc</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_blessings_of_noah_upon.htm">The Blessings of Noah Upon Shem and Japheth. (Gen. Ix. 18-27. )</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Ver. 20. "And Noah began and became an husbandman, and planted vineyards."--This does not imply that Noah was the first who began to till the ground, and, more especially, to cultivate the vine; for Cain, too, was a tiller of the ground, Gen. iv. 2. The sense rather is, that Noah, after the flood, again took up this calling. Moreover, the remark has not an independent import; it serves only to prepare the way for the communication of the subsequent account of Noah's drunkenness. By this remark, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_blessings_of_noah_upon.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—</span><span class="citation2">Christology of the Old Testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_3_pride_of_prosperity.htm">Pride of Prosperity</a><br></span><span class="snippet">While Solomon exalted the law of heaven, God was with him, and wisdom was given him to rule over Israel with impartiality and mercy. At first, as wealth and worldly honor came to him, he remained humble, and great was the extent of his influence. "Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river [Euphrates] unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt." "He . . . had peace on all sides round about him. And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_3_pride_of_prosperity.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Story of Prophets and Kings</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/macneil/the_spirit-filled_life/chapter_xi_cleansing.htm">Cleansing. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">As there are conditions requiring to be complied with in order to the obtaining of salvation, before one can be justified, e. g., conviction of sin, repentance, faith; so there are conditions for full salvation, for being "filled with the Holy Ghost." Conviction of our need is one, conviction of the existence of the blessing is another; but these have been already dealt with. "Cleansing" is another; before one can be filled with the Holy Ghost, one's heart must be "cleansed." "Giving them the Holy <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/macneil/the_spirit-filled_life/chapter_xi_cleansing.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John MacNeil—</span><span class="citation2">The Spirit-Filled Life</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_viii_that_the_ruler.htm">That the Ruler Should not Set his Heart on Pleasing Men, and yet Should Give Heed to what Ought to Please Them. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Meanwhile it is also necessary for the ruler to keep wary watch, lest the lust of pleasing men assail him; lest, when he studiously penetrates the things that are within, and providently supplies the things that are without, he seek to be beloved of those that are under him more than truth; lest, while, supported by his good deeds, he seems not to belong to the world, self-love estrange him from his Maker. For he is the Redeemer's enemy who through the good works which he does covets being loved <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_viii_that_the_ruler.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Leo the Great—</span><span class="citation2">Writings of Leo the Great</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/4_the_unchangeableness_of_god.htm">The Unchangeableness of God</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The next attribute is God's unchangeableness. I am Jehovah, I change not.' Mal 3:3. I. God is unchangeable in his nature. II. In his decree. I. Unchangeable in his nature. 1. There is no eclipse of his brightness. 2. No period put to his being. [1] No eclipse of his brightness. His essence shines with a fixed lustre. With whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.' James 1:17. Thou art the same.' Psa 102:27. All created things are full of vicissitudes. Princes and emperors are subject to <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/4_the_unchangeableness_of_god.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">A Body of Divinity</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_ii_how_the_poor.htm">How the Poor and the Rich Should be Admonished. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(Admonition 3.) Differently to be admonished are the poor and the rich: for to the former we ought to offer the solace of comfort against tribulation, but in the latter to induce fear as against elation. For to the poor one it is said by the Lord through the prophet, Fear not, for thou shalt not be confounded (Isai. liv. 4). And not long after, soothing her, He says, O thou poor little one, tossed with tempest (Ibid. 11). And again He comforts her, saying, I have chosen thee in the furnace of <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_ii_how_the_poor.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Leo the Great—</span><span class="citation2">Writings of Leo the Great</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/of_antichrist_and_his_ruin_.htm">Of Antichrist, and his Ruin: and of the Slaying the Witnesses. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">BY JOHN BUNYAN PREFATORY REMARKS BY THE EDITOR This important treatise was prepared for the press, and left by the author, at his decease, to the care of his surviving friend for publication. It first appeared in a collection of his works in folio, 1692; and although a subject of universal interest; most admirably elucidated; no edition has been published in a separate form. Antichrist has agitated the Christian world from the earliest ages; and his craft has been to mislead the thoughtless, by <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/of_antichrist_and_his_ruin_.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Bunyan—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/thirdly_for_thy_actions.htm">Thirdly, for Thy Actions. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">1. Do no evil, though thou mightest; for God will not suffer the least sin, without bitter repentance, to escape unpunished. Leave not undone any good that thou canst. But do nothing without a calling, nor anything in thy calling, till thou hast first taken counsel at God's word (1 Sam. xxx. 8) of its lawfulness, and pray for his blessings upon thy endeavour; and then do it in the name of God, with cheerfulness of heart, committing the success to him, in whose power it is to bless with his grace <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/thirdly_for_thy_actions.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Lewis Bayly—</span><span class="citation2">The Practice of Piety</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/12-1.htm">2 Samuel 12:1 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/2_samuel/12-1.htm">2 Samuel 12:1 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/2_samuel/12-1.htm">2 Samuel 12:1 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/2_samuel/12-1.htm">2 Samuel 12:1 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/2_samuel/12-1.htm">2 Samuel 12:1 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/12-1.htm">2 Samuel 12:1 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/2_samuel/12-1.htm">2 Samuel 12:1 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_samuel/11-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 11:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 11:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_samuel/12-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 12:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 12:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/2_samuel/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>