2 Samuel 12 (NET)

2 Samuel 12:1¹So the Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to David, Nathan said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:2²The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:3³But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. It used to eat his food, drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:4⁴“When a traveler arrived at the rich man’s home, he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed the traveler who had come to visit him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and cooked it for the man who had come to visit him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:5⁵Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:6⁶Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:7⁷Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the Lord God of Israel has said: ‘I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:8⁸I gave you your master’s house, and put your master’s wives into your arms. I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all that somehow seems insignificant, I would have given you so much more as well!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:9⁹Why have you shown contempt for the Lord ’s decrees by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife to be your own wife! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:10¹⁰So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:11¹¹This is what the Lord has said: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will go to bed with your wives in broad daylight!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:12¹²Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:13¹³Then David exclaimed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord!” Nathan replied to David, “Yes, and the Lord has forgiven your sin. You are not going to die.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:14¹⁴Nonetheless, because you have treated the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:15¹⁵Then Nathan went to his home. The Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and the child became very ill.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:16¹⁶Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:17¹⁷The elders of his house stood over him and tried to lift him from the ground, but he was unwilling, and refused to eat food with them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:18¹⁸On the seventh day the child died. But the servants of David were afraid to inform him that the child had died, for they said, “While the child was still alive he would not listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He will do himself harm!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:19¹⁹When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he realized that the child was dead. So David asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” They replied, “Yes, he’s dead.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:20²⁰So David got up from the ground, bathed, put on oil, and changed his clothes. He went to the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then, when he entered his palace, he requested that food be brought to him, and he ate.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:21²¹His servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? While the child was still alive, you fasted and wept. Once the child was dead you got up and ate food!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:22²²He replied, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought, ‘Perhaps the Lord will show pity and the child will live.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:23²³But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back at this point? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:24²⁴So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He came to her and went to bed with her. Later she gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved the childCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:25²⁵and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named Jedidiah for the Lord ’s sake.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:26²⁶So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:27²⁷Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:28²⁸So now assemble the rest of the army and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city and it will be named for me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:29²⁹So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:30³⁰He took the crown of their king from his head—it was gold, weighed about seventy-five pounds, and held a precious stone—and it was placed on David’s head. He also took from the city a great deal of plunder.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 12:31³¹He removed the people who were in it and made them labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions