10:012:003 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.
10:012:004 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.
10:012:005 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:
10:012:006 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold,
because he did this
thing,
and because he had no pity.
10:012:007 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;
10:012:008 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.
10:012:009 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.
10:012:010 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.
10:012:011 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.
10:012:012 For thou didst it secretly: but I
will do this thing before
all
Israel, and before the sun.
10:012:013 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.
10:012:014 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.
10:012:015 And Nathan departed unto his house.
And the lord struck the
child
that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was
very sick.


