Nathan then said to David, “(A)You yourself are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘(B)It is I who anointed you as king over Israel, and it is I who rescued you from the hand of Saul. I also gave you (C)your master’s house and put your master’s wives [a]into your care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you [b]many more things like these! Why (D)have you despised the word of the Lord, by doing evil in His sight? (E)You have struck and killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, you (F)have taken his wife as your wife, and you have slaughtered him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:8 Lit on your lap; or chest
  2. 2 Samuel 12:8 Lit like these and like these

Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!(A) This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed(B) you(C) king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. I gave your master’s house to you,(D) and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. Why did you despise(E) the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down(F) Uriah(G) the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed(H) him with the sword of the Ammonites.

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