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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Samuel 12 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_samuel/12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_samuel/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > 2 Samuel 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_samuel/11.htm" title="2 Samuel 11">◄</a> 2 Samuel 12 <a href="../2_samuel/13.htm" title="2 Samuel 13">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/2_samuel/12.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Nathan Rebukes David</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>So the LORD sent Nathan the prophet to tell David this story: “There were two men in a certain town. One was rich, and one was poor. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The rich man owned a great many sheep and cattle. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man’s own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>One day a guest arrived at the home of the rich man. But instead of killing an animal from his own flock or herd, he took the poor man’s lamb and killed it and prepared it for his guest.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>David was furious. “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “any man who would do such a thing deserves to die! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He must repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole and for having no pity.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! The LORD, the God of Israel, says: I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I gave you your master’s house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Why, then, have you despised the word of the LORD and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>From this time on, your family will live by the sword because you have despised me by taking Uriah’s wife to be your own.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“This is what the LORD says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly in the sight of all Israel.”</p><p class="hdg">David Confesses His Guilt</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.”</p><p class="reg">Nathan replied, “Yes, but the LORD has forgiven you, and you won’t die for this sin. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> by doing this, your child will die.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>After Nathan returned to his home, the LORD sent a deadly illness to the child of David and Uriah’s wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then on the seventh day the child died. David’s advisers were afraid to tell him. “He wouldn’t listen to reason while the child was ill,” they said. “What drastic thing will he do when we tell him the child is dead?”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When David saw them whispering, he realized what had happened. “Is the child dead?” he asked.</p><p class="reg">“Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then David got up from the ground, washed himself, put on lotions,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> and changed his clothes. He went to the Tabernacle and worshiped the LORD. After that, he returned to the palace and was served food and ate.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>His advisers were amazed. “We don’t understand you,” they told him. “While the child was still living, you wept and refused to eat. But now that the child is dead, you have stopped your mourning and are eating again.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>David replied, “I fasted and wept while the child was alive, for I said, ‘Perhaps the LORD will be gracious to me and let the child live.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But why should I fast when he is dead? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him one day, but he cannot return to me.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and David<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> named him Solomon. The LORD loved the child <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and sent word through Nathan the prophet that they should name him Jedidiah (which means “beloved of the LORD”), as the LORD had commanded.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="hdg">David Captures Rabbah</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Meanwhile, Joab was fighting against Rabbah, the capital of Ammon, and he captured the royal fortifications.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Joab sent messengers to tell David, “I have fought against Rabbah and captured its water supply.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Now bring the rest of the army and capture the city. Otherwise, I will capture it and get credit for the victory.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So David gathered the rest of the army and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it and captured it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>David removed the crown from the king’s head,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> and it was placed on his own head. The crown was made of gold and set with gems, and it weighed seventy-five pounds.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> David took a vast amount of plunder from the city. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a> saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to work in the brick kilns.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">j</span></a> That is how he dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">12:14 </span><span class="ft">As in Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text reads </span><span class="it">the enemies of the </span><span class="sc"><span class="it">Lord.</span></span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">12:20 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">anointed himself.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">12:24 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">he;</span><span class="ft"> an alternate Hebrew reading and some Hebrew manuscripts read </span><span class="it">she.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">12:25 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">because of the </span><span class="sc"><span class="it">Lord</span></span><span class="it">.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">12:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">the royal city.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">12:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">captured the city of water.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">12:30a </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">from the head of Milcom</span><span class="ft"> (as in Greek version). Milcom, also called Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">12:30b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">1 talent</span><span class="ft"> [34 kilograms].</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">12:31a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">He also brought out the people [of Rabbah] and put them under.</span><br><span class="fn">j</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">12:31b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">and he made them pass through the brick kilns.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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