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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 ESV</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">ESV</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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/2_samuel/12.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Nathan Rebukes David</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The rich man had very many flocks and herds, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>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,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew bosom; also verse 8">a</a></sup></span> and it was like a daughter to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> lives, the man who has done this deserves to die, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Why have you despised the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-10.htm"><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="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, ‘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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.” And Nathan said to David, “The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> also has put away your sin; you shall not die. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Masoretic Text the enemies of the LORD; Dead Sea Scroll the word of the LORD">b</a></sup></span> the child who is born to you shall die.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Nathan went to his house.</p><p class="heading">David’s Child Dies</p><p class="regular"> And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he became sick. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows whether the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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.”</p> <p class="heading">Solomon’s Birth</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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 <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> loved him <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Jedidiah means beloved of the LORD">c</a></sup></span> because of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="heading">Rabbah Is Captured</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of waters. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>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.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And he took the crown of their king from his head. The weight of it was a talent<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms">d</a></sup></span> 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>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<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew pass through">e</a></sup></span> the brick kilns. And thus he did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Hebrew <i>bosom</i>; also verse 8<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Masoretic Text <i><span class="catch-word">the</span> enemies of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></i>; Dead Sea Scroll <i><span class="catch-word">the</span> word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> <i class="catch-word">Jedidiah</i> means <i>beloved of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">30</span> A <i class="catch-word">talent</i> was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms<br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">31</span> Hebrew <i>pass through</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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