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Nathan Rebukes David
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|2 Samuel 12:1| Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said, "There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.
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|2 Samuel 12:2| "The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.
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|2 Samuel 12:3| "But the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb Which he bought and nourished; And it grew up together with him and his children. It would eat of his bread and drink of his cup and lie in his bosom, And was like a daughter to him.
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|2 Samuel 12:4| "Now a traveler came to the rich man, And he 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."
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|2 Samuel 12:5| 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 deserves to die.
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|2 Samuel 12:6| He must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion."
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|2 Samuel 12:7| Nathan then said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel, '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 12:8| I also gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you many more things like these!
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|2 Samuel 12:9| Why have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.
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|2 Samuel 12:10| Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'
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