2 Samuel 12:1-14
1599 Geneva Bible
12 1 David reproved by Nathan, confesseth his sin. 18 The child conceived in adultery, dieth. 24 Solomon is born. 30 Rabbah is taken. 31 The citizens are grievously punished.
1 Then the Lord sent [a]Nathan unto David, who came to him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city, the one rich, and the other poor.
2 The rich man had exceedingly many sheep and oxen:
3 But the poor had none at all, save one little sheep which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up with him, and with his children also, and did eat of his own morsels, and drank of his own cup, and slept in his bosom, and was unto him as his daughter.
4 Now there came a [b]stranger unto the rich man, who [c]refused to take of his own sheep, and of his own oxen to dress for the stranger that was come unto him, but took the poor man’s sheep, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
5 Then [d]David was exceedingly wroth with the man, and said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing, [e]shall surely die,
6 And he shall restore the lamb (A)fourfold, because he did this thing, and had no pity thereof.
7 Then Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I (B)anointed thee King over Israel, and delivered thee out of the hand of Saul.
8 And gave thee thy lord’s [f]house, and thy lord’s [g]wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel, and of Judah, and would moreover (if that had been too little) have given thee [h]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 [i]children of Ammon.
10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
11 Thus said the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and will (C)take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of his [j]sin.
12 For thou diddest it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
13 Then David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath [k]put away thy sin, thou shalt not die.
14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast caused the enemies of the Lord to [l]blaspheme, the child that is born unto thee, shall surely die.
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- 2 Samuel 12:1 Because David lay now drowned in sin, the loving mercy of God, which suffereth not his to perish, waketh his conscience by this similitude, and bringeth him to repentance.
- 2 Samuel 12:4 Or, wayfaring man.
- 2 Samuel 12:4 Or, spared.
- 2 Samuel 12:5 Hebrew, the anger of David was kindled.
- 2 Samuel 12:5 Hebrew, is the child of death.
- 2 Samuel 12:8 For David succeeded Saul in his kingdom.
- 2 Samuel 12:8 The Jews understand this of Eglah and Michal, or of Rizpah and Michal.
- 2 Samuel 12:8 That is, greater things than these: for God’s love and benefits increase toward his, if by their ingratitude they stay him not.
- 2 Samuel 12:9 Thou hast most cruelly given him into the hands of God’s enemies.
- 2 Samuel 12:11 Meaning, openly, as at noon-days.
- 2 Samuel 12:13 For the Lord seeketh but that the sinner would turn to him.
- 2 Samuel 12:14 In saying, that the Lord hath appointed a wicked man to reign over his people.
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