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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>2 Samuel 12 ISV</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="../">ISV</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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/2_samuel/12.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="noindent"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>so the LORD sent Nathan to David.</p> <p class="heading">Nathan’s Rebuke</p><p class="reg">Nathan<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:1 Lit. He">a</a></span> approached David<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:1 Lit. him">b</a></span> and said, “There are two men in the city. One is rich and one is poor. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The rich man has 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 except for one little ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It used to share his food and drink from his own cup. It even slept in his arms. 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>A traveler arrived to visit the rich man. Because he was unwilling to take an animal from one of his own flocks or herds to prepare for the guest who had come to visit him, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to visit him.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>David flew into a rage at the man and told Nathan, “As the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He will restore the lamb four times its value, because he did this thing, and because he did it without compassion.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But Nathan replied to David, “You are the man! This is what the LORD God of Israel says:</p> <p class="reg">“‘I anointed you king—and you became king over Israel.</p> <p class="reg">“‘I delivered you from Saul’s control.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“‘I gave you your former<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:8 The Heb. lacks former">c</a></span> master’s household.</p> <p class="reg">“‘I placed your former<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:8 The Heb. lacks former">d</a></span> master’s wives right in your arms.</p> <p class="reg">“‘I gave you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:8 Lit. you the house of">e</a></span> Israel and Judah.</p> <p class="reg">“‘And if this had been too little, I would have added much more than that to you!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“‘Why did you despise what the LORD has promised by doing what is detestable in his sight?</p> <p class="reg">“‘You struck down Uriah the Hittite with a battle sword.</p> <p class="reg">“‘You took his wife to be your own.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:9 Lit. wife">f</a></span> </p> <p class="reg">“‘You killed him with the sword of the Ammonite army.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“‘Therefore the sword will never leave your household, because you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:10 Lit. wife">g</a></span> </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:</p> <p class="reg">“‘Listen very carefully!</p> <p class="reg">“‘I’m raising up evil against you right out of your own household.</p> <p class="reg">“‘I’m going to take your wives away from you right before your eyes.</p> <p class="reg">“‘Then I’ll give them to your neighbor.</p> <p class="reg">“‘And then he’s going to have sex with your wives in broad daylight!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“‘What you did in secret I’m going to do right in front of all Israel and in broad daylight as well!’”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>At this point, David told Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.”</p> <p class="reg">Nathan responded to David, “There’s one other thing: the LORD has forgiven your sin.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:13 Or has caused your sin to go away; lit. has caused your sin to cross over eastward">h</a></span> You won’t die. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Nevertheless, because you have despised the LORD’s enemies with utter contempt,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:14 Or because you have given occasion for the LORD’s enemies to show contempt">i</a></span> the son born to you will most certainly die.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Nathan went home.</p> <p class="heading">David’s Infant Son Dies</p><p class="reg">After this, the LORD afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife had born to David, and the child<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:15 Lit. and he">j</a></span> became very ill. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>David begged God on behalf of the youngster. He<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:16 Lit. David">k</a></span> fasted, went inside, and spent the night lying on the ground. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>His closest advisors at the palace<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:17 Lit. The elders of the house">l</a></span> got up, remained with him, and tried to help him get up from the ground, but he would not do so. He also wouldn’t eat with them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>A week later, the child died, and David’s staff was afraid to tell him that the child had died. They were telling themselves, “Look, when the child was still alive, we talked to him but he wouldn’t listen to what we said. Now what kind of trouble will he bring on himself if we tell him that the child has died?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But as David observed his staff whispering together, he perceived that the child had died, so he asked his staff, “Is the child dead?”</p> <p class="reg">They replied, “He has died.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>At this, David got up from the ground, washed, anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the LORD’s tent<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:20 Lit. house">m</a></span> to worship. Then he went back to his palace where, at his request, they served him food and he ate.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>His staff asked him, “What’s this about? When the child was alive, you fasted and cried. Now that the child has died, you get up and eat!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He answered, “When the child was alive, I fasted and cried. I asked myself, ‘Who knows? Maybe the LORD will show grace to me and the child will live.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But now that he has died, what’s the point of fasting? Can I bring him back again? I’ll be going to be with him, but he won’t be returning to me.”</p> <p class="heading">The Birth of Solomon</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then David consoled his wife Bathsheba. He went in and had sex with her, and she bore a son whom he named Solomon. The LORD loved him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and sent a message written by Nathan the prophet to call his name Jedidiah,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:25 The Heb. name Jedidiah means loved by the LORD">n</a></span> for the Lord’s sake.</p> <p class="heading">The Ammonites are Defeated</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Meanwhile, Joab attacked the Ammonite city of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:26 The Heb. lacks city of">o</a></span> Rabbah and captured its stronghold. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then Joab sent messengers to David to tell him, “I just attacked Rabbah and captured its municipal water supply, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>so call out the rest of the army, attack the city, and capture it. Otherwise, I’ll take the city myself and name it after me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So David mustered his entire army and marched on Rabbah, attacked it, and captured it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He confiscated the crown of their king<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:30 Lit. of Malcam; LXX reads king Molchol; cf. 1King 11:5, 33; Zeph 1:5">p</a></span> from his head—it weighed one talent<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:30 i.e. about 75 pounds">q</a></span> in gold and was set with precious stones—and it was placed on David’s head. He confiscated a great amount of war booty that had been plundered from the city, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>brought back the people who had lived in it, placing them under conscripted labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. He did this to every Ammonite city, and then David and his entire army<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:31 Lit. people">r</a></span> returned to Jerusalem.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 12:1 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 12:1 Lit. him<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 12:8 The Heb. lacks <i>former</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 12:8 The Heb. lacks <i>former</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 12:8 Lit. <i>you the house of</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 12:9 Lit. <i>wife</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 12:10 Lit. <i>wife</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 12:13 Or <i>has caused your sin to go away</i>; lit. <i>has caused your sin to cross over eastward</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 12:14 Or <i>because you have given occasion for the LORD’s enemies to show contempt</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 12:15 Lit. <i>and he</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 12:16 Lit. <i>David</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 12:17 Lit. <i>The elders of the house</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 12:20 Lit. <i>house</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 12:25 The Heb. name <i>Jedidiah</i> means <i>loved by the LORD</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 12:26 The Heb. lacks <i>city of</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 12:30 Lit. <i>of Malcam</i>; LXX reads <i>king Molchol</i>; cf. 1King 11:5, 33; Zeph 1:5<br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 12:30 i.e. about 75 pounds<br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 12:31 Lit. <i>people</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_samuel/11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_samuel/13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 13" /></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/mpc/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"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>