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27 When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son.

Nathan Condemns David

But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord,(A)

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27 After the time of mourning(A) was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased(B) the Lord.

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Against you, you alone, have I sinned
    and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence
    and blameless when you pass judgment.(A)
Indeed, I was born guilty,
    a sinner when my mother conceived me.(B)

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Against you, you only, have I sinned(A)
    and done what is evil in your sight;(B)
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.(C)
Surely I was sinful(D) at birth,(E)
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

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Why have you despised the word of the Lord, 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.(A)

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Why did you despise(A) the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down(B) Uriah(C) the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed(D) him with the sword of the Ammonites.

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But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel.

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This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.

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29 the man who lay with her shall give fifty shekels of silver to the young woman’s father, and she shall become his wife. Because he violated her, he shall not be permitted to divorce her as long as he lives.

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29 he shall pay her father fifty shekels[a] of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:29 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams

Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.(A)

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Marriage should be honored by all,(A) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(B)

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You destroy those who speak lies;
    the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful.(A)

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    you destroy those who tell lies.(A)
The bloodthirsty and deceitful
    you, Lord, detest.

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13 In Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives, and more sons and daughters were born to David.(A) 14 These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,(B) 15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

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13 After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives(A) in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. 14 These are the names of the children born to him there:(B) Shammua, Shobab, Nathan,(C) Solomon, 15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16 Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet.

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Sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam of Jezreel;(A) his second was Chileab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third was Absalom son of Maacah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;(B) the fourth was Adonijah son of Haggith; the fifth was Shephatiah son of Abital;(C) and the sixth was Ithream, of David’s wife Eglah. These were born to David in Hebron.

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Sons were born to David in Hebron:

His firstborn was Amnon(A) the son of Ahinoam(B) of Jezreel;

his second, Kileab the son of Abigail(C) the widow of Nabal of Carmel;

the third, Absalom(D) the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;(E)

the fourth, Adonijah(F) the son of Haggith;

the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

and the sixth, Ithream the son of David’s wife Eglah.

These were born to David in Hebron.

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10 What he did was displeasing in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death also.

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10 What he did was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death also.(A)

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