2 Samuel 7:2-4
New American Standard Bible 1995
2 that the king said to (A)Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in (B)a house of cedar, but the ark of God (C)dwells within tent curtains.” 3 Nathan said to the king, “(D)Go, do all that is in your mind, for the Lord is with you.”
4 But in the same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
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2 Samuel 12:1-7
New American Standard Bible 1995
Nathan Rebukes David
12 Then the Lord sent (A)Nathan to David. And (B)he came to him and [a]said,
“There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.
2 “The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.
3 “But the poor man had nothing except (C)one little ewe lamb
Which he bought and nourished;
And it grew up together with him and his children.
It would eat of his [b]bread and drink of his cup and lie in his bosom,
And was like a daughter to him.
4 “Now a traveler came to the rich man,
And he [c]was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd,
To prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him;
Rather he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
5 Then David’s anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, surely the man who has done this [d](D)deserves to die. 6 He must make restitution for the lamb (E)fourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion.”
7 Nathan then said to David, “(F)You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘(G)It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul.
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- 2 Samuel 12:1 Lit said to him
- 2 Samuel 12:3 Lit morsel
- 2 Samuel 12:4 Lit spared
- 2 Samuel 12:5 Lit is a son of death
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