2 Samuel
2 Samuel 12:1–14
1Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. 2The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle, 3but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his armsa and was like a daughter to him.
4Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”
5David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die! 6Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
9Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
11This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight. 12You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.”
“The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die. 14Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD,b the son born to you will surely die.”
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Cross-references
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2 Samuel 12:1 1 Kings 20:35–41 · Psalm 51:1–19
2 Samuel 12:3 Micah 7:5 · 2 Samuel 11:3
2 Samuel 12:4 James 1:14
2 Samuel 12:5 1 Samuel 26:16 · Genesis 38:24 · Romans 2:1 · 1 Samuel 25:21–22 · Luke 6:41–42 · Luke 9:55 · 1 Samuel 20:31 · 1 Samuel 14:39
2 Samuel 12:6 Exodus 22:1 · Proverbs 6:31 · Luke 19:8 · James 2:13
2 Samuel 12:7 Matthew 14:14 · 1 Samuel 16:13 · 2 Samuel 22:1 · 1 Samuel 13:13 · 2 Samuel 22:49 · 1 Samuel 23:7 · 1 Samuel 15:17 · 1 Samuel 18:21 · 1 Samuel 19:10–15 · 2 Samuel 7:8 · 1 Kings 20:42 · 1 Kings 18:18
2 Samuel 12:8 Psalm 84:11 · 2 Samuel 9:7 · 2 Samuel 5:5 · 2 Samuel 12:11 · Romans 8:32 · 2 Samuel 2:4 · 2 Samuel 7:19 · 1 Samuel 15:19
2 Samuel 12:9 1 Samuel 15:19 · Psalm 90:8 · Jeremiah 18:10 · 1 Samuel 15:23 · Psalm 139:1–2 · Amos 2:4 · Numbers 15:30–31 · 2 Samuel 11:4 · Genesis 9:5–6 · Exodus 20:13–14 · Isaiah 5:24 · Hebrews 10:28–29
2 Samuel 12:10 2 Samuel 18:14–15
2 Samuel 12:11 2 Samuel 16:21–22 · Deuteronomy 28:30 · 2 Samuel 15:6 · 2 Samuel 13:1–14 · 2 Samuel 15:10 · 2 Samuel 13:28–29 · Ezekiel 20:25–26 · Hosea 4:13–14 · Ezekiel 14:9
2 Samuel 12:12 Luke 12:1–2 · 1 Corinthians 4:5 · Ecclesiastes 12:14 · 2 Samuel 16:22 · 2 Samuel 11:4–15
2 Samuel 12:13 Proverbs 28:13 · 2 Samuel 24:10 · Zechariah 3:4 · Psalm 51:4 · Psalm 32:1–5 · Luke 15:21 · Micah 7:18–19 · 1 Samuel 15:30 · Revelation 1:5 · Leviticus 20:10 · Romans 8:33–34 · Hebrews 9:26
2 Samuel 12:14 Romans 2:24 · Isaiah 52:5 · Psalm 89:31–33 · Proverbs 3:11–12 · Ezekiel 36:20–23 · Hebrews 12:6 · Revelation 3:19 · Psalm 94:12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.