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2 Samuel 12
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2 Samuel 12
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Profeten Natan konfronterer David med hans synd
12 Herren sendte så profeten Natan til David, og Natan fortalte ham følgende historie: „Der var to mænd, som boede i samme by. 2 Den ene var rig og havde masser af køer, får og geder. 3 Den anden var fattig. Han ejede kun et eneste lille lam, som det var lykkedes ham at købe. Han elskede det lam, som han elskede sine børn. Han lod det spise af sin egen tallerken, drikke af sit eget krus, og han sad med det på skødet, som var det hans egen datter.
4 En dag fik den rige mand besøg, men han nænnede ikke at slagte et af sine egne dyr for at beværte gæsten. I stedet tog han den fattige mands lam, slagtede det og serverede det for sin gæst.”
5-6 Det blev David rasende over at høre: „Jeg sværger ved den levende Gud, at den mand, som har gjort det, skal betale fire lam i erstatning. Ja, sådan en hjerteløs person fortjener at dø!”
7 „Det er dig, der er den rige mand!” sagde Natan. „Hør, hvad Herren, Israels Gud, siger til dig: ‚Jeg udvalgte dig til at blive Israels konge og reddede dig fra Sauls angreb. 8 Jeg gav dig hans rige og hans koner og gjorde dig til konge over både Nordriget og Juda, og hvis det var for lidt for dig, havde jeg gerne givet dig meget, meget mere. 9 Hvorfor gør du oprør imod, hvad jeg har sagt, og handler så ondt? Du har stjålet Urias’ kone, og du har fået ham dræbt for at dække over din synd. 10 Du har vist foragt for mig ved din skændige opførsel, og derfor vil der blive splid i din egen familie. 11 Hør efter, hvad jeg nu siger: En af dine nærmeste vil gøre oprør imod dig. Han vil tage dine koner for øjnene af dig og forlyste sig med dem ved højlys dag. 12 Du handlede i det skjulte. Men det her vil ske ved højlys dag og for øjnene af hele Israels folk!’ ”
David erkender sin skyld og får sin straf
13 Da gik David til bekendelse: „Jeg har syndet imod Herren!”
Natan svarede: „Så har Herren også tilgivet dig, og du skal slippe for at dø for din synd! 14 Men det nyfødte barn, som er resultatet af din synd, skal dø, for du har bragt skam over Herrens navn.” 15 Derefter gik Natan hjem.
Kort efter ramte Herren det barn, som Batsheba havde født, med sygdom. 16 Da gik David i forbøn for barnet. Han nægtede at spise på grund af sorg, og selv om natten blev han liggende udstrakt på gulvet i bøn. 17 Hans rådgivere forsøgte forgæves at få ham til at rejse sig og tage føde til sig. 18 På den syvende dag døde drengen, men Davids tjenere turde ikke fortælle ham den sørgelige nyhed, for de tænkte: „Han var helt knust før! Hvis vi nu kommer og fortæller ham, at drengen er død, kunne han gå helt amok!”
19 Da David så dem stå og hviske sammen, gik sandheden op for ham.
„Er drengen død?” spurgte han.
„Ja, han er,” svarede de.
20 Så rejste David sig op fra gulvet, gik i bad, gned sig med en vellugtende olie og tog rent tøj på. Derefter gik han ind i Herrens hus for at tilbede, hvorefter han vendte tilbage til paladset og bad om at få noget mad sat frem. 21 Hans tjenere var forbløffede over hans reaktion.
„Forstår man nu det?” udbrød de. „Mens drengen endnu var i live, græd du og nægtede at spise, men så snart han er død, holder du op med at sørge og begynder at spise igen!”
22 David svarede: „Jeg fastede og græd, så længe drengen var i live, for jeg tænkte, at Herren måske ville vise mig nåde og lade ham leve. 23 Men nu, hvor han er død, er der ingen grund til at faste mere. Kan jeg måske bringe ham tilbage til livet? Jeg kan følge ham i døden, men han kan ikke komme tilbage til mig!”
24 David trøstede sin kone Batsheba, så godt han kunne, og hun blev igen gravid og fødte endnu en søn, som hun gav navnet Salomon. Herren elskede den dreng, 25 og gennem profeten Natan sendte han bud om, at drengen skulle kaldes „Herrens elskede”.
David fuldfører erobringen af ammonitternes byer
26-27 I mellemtiden var det lykkedes Joab og Israels hær at indtage ammonitternes hovedstad Rabba, og Joab sendte følgende sejrsbudskab hjem til David: „Vi er gået ind i Rabba og kontrollerer byens vandforsyning. 28 Før nu resten af hæren hertil, så du selv kan sætte kronen på værket og få æren for sejren i stedet for mig.”
29 Så førte David resten af hæren til Rabba og fuldførte indtagelsen af byen. 30 Han fjernede kronen fra ammonitterkongens[a] hoved og satte den på sit eget. Den vejede over 30 kg og var lavet af guld med ædelsten på. Desuden tog han et stort krigsbytte. 31 Byens befolkning tog han som krigsfanger og satte nogle af dem til at arbejde med save, hakker og økser, mens andre kom til at arbejde i teglværkerne. På samme måde gik det indbyggerne fra de øvrige byer i ammonitternes land. Derefter vendte David og hæren tilbage til Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- 12,30 I stedet for „deres konges hoved” kan teksten oversættes „Milkoms hoved”. Milkom, det samme som Molek/Molok, var ammonitternes afgud, jf. 1.Kong. 11,5.7.
2 Samuel 12
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2 Samuel 12
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12 Og Herren sendte Natan til David. Da han kom ind til ham, sagde han: "Der boede to Mænd i samme By, en rig og en fattig. 2 Den rige havde Småkvæg og Hornkvæg i Mængde, 3 medens den fattige ikke ejede andet end et eneste lille Lam, som han havde købt og opdrættet, og som var vokset op hos ham sammen med hans Børn; det åd af hans Brød, drak af hans Bæger og lå i hans Skød og var ham som en Datter. 4 Men da den rige Mand engang fik Besøg, ømmede han sig ved at tage noget af sit eget Småkvæg eller Hornkvæg og tillave det til den vejfarende Mand, som var kommet til ham, men tog den fattige Mands Lam og tillavede det til sin Gæst!"
5 Da blussede Davids Vrede heftigt op mod den Mand, og han sagde til Natan: "Så sandt Herren lever: Den Mand, som gjorde det, er dødsens, 6 og Lammet skal han erstatte trefold, fordi han handlede så hjerteløst!" 7 Men Natan sagde til David: "Du er Manden! Så siger Herren, Israels Gud: Jeg salvede dig til Konge over Israel, og jeg friede dig af Sauls Hånd; 8 jeg gav dig din Herres Hus, lagde din Herres Hustruer i din Favn og gav dig Israels og Judas Hus; og var det for lidet, vilde jeg have givet dig endnu mere, både det ene og det andet. 9 Hvorfor har du da ringeagtet Herrens Ord og gjort, hvad der er ondt i hans Øjne? Hetiten Urias har du dræbt med Sværdet; hans Hustru har du taget til Ægte, og ham har du slået ihjel med Ammoniternes Sværd. 10 Så skal nu Sværdet aldrig vige fra dit Hus, fordi du ringeagtede mig og tog Hetiten Urias's Hustru til Ægte. 11 Så siger Herren: Se, jeg lader Ulykke komme over dig fra dit eget Hus, og jeg tager dine Hustruer bort for Øjnene af dig og giver dem til en anden, som skal ligge hos dine Hustruer ved højlys Dag. 12 Thi du handlede i det skjulte, men jeg vil opfylde dette Ord i hele Israels Påsyn og ved højlys Dag!" 13 Da sagde David til Natan: "Jeg har syndet mod Herren!" Og Natan sagde til David: "Så har Herren også tilgivet dig din Synd; du skal ikke dø. 14 Men fordi du ved denne Gerning har vist Foragt for Herren, skal Sønnen, som er født dig, visselig dø!"
15 Derpå gik Natan til sit Hus. Og Herren ramte det Barn, Urias's Hustru havde født David, med Sygdom. 16 Da søgte David Gud for Barnet, holdt Faste og gik hen og lagde sig om Natten på Jorden i Sæk. 17 De ældste i hans Hus kom til ham for at få ham til at rejse sig, men han vilde ikke, og han holdt ikke Måltid sammen med dem. 18 Syvendedagen døde Barnet; men Davids Folk turde ikke lade ham vide, at Barnet var død, thi de tænkte: "Da Barnet levede, vilde han ikke låne os Øre, når vi talte til ham; hvor kan vi da nu sige til ham, at Barnet er død? Han kunde gøre en Ulykke!" 19 Men da David så, at hans Folk hviskede sammen, skønnede han, at Barnet var død. Så spurgte David sine Folk: "Er Barnet død?" Og de svarede: "Ja, han er død!" 20 Da rejste David sig fra Jorden, tvættede og salvede sig, tog andre Klæder på og gik ind i Herrens Hus og bad; så gik han hjem, forlangte at få Mad sat frem og spiste. 21 Da sagde hans Folk til ham: "Hvorledes er det dog, du bærer dig ad? Medens Barnet endnu levede, fastede du og græd; og nu da Barnet er død, rejser du dig og spiser!" 22 Han svarede: "Så længe Barnet levede, fastede jeg og græd; thi jeg tænkte: Måske er Herren mig nådig, så Barnet bliver i Live. 23 Men hvorfor skulde jeg faste, nu han er død? Kan jeg bringe ham tilbage igen? Jeg går til ham, men han kommer ikke tilbage til mig!"
24 Derpå trøstede David sin Hustru Batseba, og efter at han var gået ind til hende og havde ligget hos hende, fødte hun en Søn, som han kaldte Salomo, og ham elskede Herren. 25 Han overgav ham til Profeten Natan, og på Herrens Ord kaldte denne ham Jedidja.
26 Joab angreb imidlertid Rabba i Ammon og indtog Vandbyen. 27 Derpå sendte Joab Bud til David og lod sige: "Jeg har angrebet Rabba og indtaget Vandbyen; 28 kald nu Resten af Hæren sammen, så du kan belejre Byen og indtage den, for at det ikke skal blive mig, der indtager den og får mit Navn udråbt over den!" 29 Da samlede David hele Hæren og drog til Rabba, angreb og indtog det. 30 Og han tog Kronen af Milkoms Hoved; den var af Guld og vejede en Talent; der var en Ædelsten på den, og den blev sat på Davids Hoved. Et vældigt Bytte fra Byen førte han med sig, 31 og Indbyggerne slæbte han bort, satte dem til Savene, Jernhakkerne - og Jernøkserne og lod dem trælle ved Teglovnene. Således gjorde han ved alle Ammoniternes Byer. Derpå vendte David og hele Hæren tilbage til Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 12
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2 Samuel 12
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Nathan Rebukes David(A)
12 The Lord sent Nathan(B) to David.(C) When he came to him,(D) he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, 3 but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.
4 “Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”
5 David(E) burned with anger(F) against the man(G) and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives,(H) the man who did this must die! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over,(I) because he did such a thing and had no pity.”
7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!(J) This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed(K) you(L) king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8 I gave your master’s house to you,(M) 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. 9 Why did you despise(N) the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down(O) Uriah(P) the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed(Q) him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10 Now, therefore, the sword(R) will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
11 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household(S) I am going to bring calamity on you.(T) Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.(U) 12 You did it in secret,(V) but I will do this thing in broad daylight(W) before all Israel.’”
13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned(X) against the Lord.”
Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away(Y) your sin.(Z) You are not going to die.(AA) 14 But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for[a] the Lord,(AB) the son born to you will die.”
15 After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck(AC) the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill. 16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying(AD) in sackcloth[b] on the ground. 17 The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused,(AE) and he would not eat any food with them.(AF)
18 On the seventh day the child died. David’s attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, “While the child was still living, he wouldn’t listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate.”
19 David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked.
“Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.”
20 Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed,(AG) put on lotions and changed his clothes,(AH) he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.
21 His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept,(AI) but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”
22 He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows?(AJ) The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’(AK) 23 But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him,(AL) but he will not return to me.”(AM)
24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba,(AN) and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon.(AO) The Lord loved him; 25 and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.[c](AP)
26 Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah(AQ) of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel. 27 Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply. 28 Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will take the city, and it will be named after me.”
29 So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it. 30 David took the crown(AR) from their king’s[d] head, and it was placed on his own head. It weighed a talent[e] of gold, and it was set with precious stones. David took a great quantity of plunder from the city 31 and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking.[f] David did this to all the Ammonite(AS) towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 12:14 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text for the enemies of
- 2 Samuel 12:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have in sackcloth.
- 2 Samuel 12:25 Jedidiah means loved by the Lord.
- 2 Samuel 12:30 Or from Milkom’s (that is, Molek’s)
- 2 Samuel 12:30 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms
- 2 Samuel 12:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
2 Samuel 12
King James Version
2 Samuel 12
King James Version
12 And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
5 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:
6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
7 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;
8 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.
9 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.
11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lord loved him.
25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.
26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
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