David(A) burned with anger(B) against the man(C) and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives,(D) the man who did this must die! He must pay for that lamb four times over,(E) because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!(F) This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed(G) you(H) king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. I gave your master’s house to you,(I) 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(J) the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down(K) Uriah(L) the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed(M) him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10 Now, therefore, the sword(N) will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

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And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

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