<vn='1'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5416">Nathan</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s>. And he <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, There <sn="1961">were</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="376">men</s> in <sn="259">one</s><sn="5892">city</s>; the <sn="259">one</s><sn="6223">rich</s>, and the <sn="259">other</s><sn="7326">poor</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>The <sn="6223">rich</s> man <sn="1961">had</s><sn="3966">exceeding</s><sn="7235">many</s><sn="6629">flocks</s> and <sn="1241">herds</s>: </v>
<vn='3'>But the <sn="7326">poor</s> man had <sn="369 3605">nothing</s>, <sn="3588 518">save</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="6996">little</s> ewe <sn="3535">lamb</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1961">had</s><sn="7069">bought</s> and nourished <sn="2421">up</s>: and it grew <sn="1431">up</s><sn="3162">together</s><sn="5973">with</s> him, and <sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1121">children</s>; it did <sn="398">eat</s> of his own <sn="4480 6595">meat</s>, and <sn="8354">drank</s> of his own <sn="4480 3563">cup</s>, and <sn="7901">lay</s> in his <sn="2436">bosom</s>, and <sn="1961">was</s> unto him as a <sn="1323">daughter</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And there <sn="935">came</s> a <sn="1982">traveler</s> unto the <sn="6223">rich</s><sn="376">man</s>, and he <sn="2550">spared</s> to <sn="3947">take</s> of his own <sn="4480 6629">flock</s> and of his own <sn="4480 1241">herd</s>, to <sn="6213">dress</s> for the wayfaring <sn="732">man</s> that was <sn="935">come</s> unto him; but <sn="3947">took</s> the <sn="7326">poor</s><sn="376">man</s> 's <sn="*853"></s><sn="3535">lamb</s>, and <sn="6213">dressed</s> it for the <sn="376">man</s> that was <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s> him. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="639">anger</s> was <sn="3966">greatly</s><sn="2734">kindled</s> against the <sn="376">man</s>; and he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="5416">Nathan</s>, As the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, the <sn="376">man</s> that hath <sn="6213">done</s><sn="2063">this</s> thing shall surely <sn="3588 1121 4194">die</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>And he shall <sn="7999">restore</s> the <sn="3535">lamb</s><sn="706">fourfold</s>, <sn="6118 834">because</s> he <sn="6213">did</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>, and <sn="5921 834">because</s> he had <sn="3808">no</s><sn="2550">pity</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="5416">Nathan</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="859">Thou</s> art the <sn="376">man</s>. <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="595">I</s><sn="4886">anointed</s> thee <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="595">I</s><sn="5337">delivered</s> thee out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>; </v>
<vn='8'>And I <sn="5414">gave</s> thee <sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="113">master</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, and thy <sn="113">master</s> 's <sn="802">wives</s> into thy <sn="2436">bosom</s>, and <sn="5414">gave</s> thee <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> and of <sn="3063">Judah</s>; and <sn="518">if</s> that had been too <sn="4592">little</s>, I would moreover have <sn="3254">given</s> unto thee <sn="2007">such</s> and <sn="2007">such</s> things. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="4069">Wherefore</s> hast thou <sn="959">despised</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">commandment</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to <sn="6213">do</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in his <sn="5869">sight</s>? thou hast <sn="5221">killed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="223">Uriah</s> the <sn="2850">Hittite</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and hast <sn="3947">taken</s> his <sn="802">wife</s> to be thy <sn="802">wife</s>, and hast <sn="2026">slain</s> him with the <sn="2719">sword</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore the <sn="2719">sword</s> shall <sn="3808 5704 5769">never</s><sn="5493">depart</s> from thine <sn="4480 1004">house</s>; <sn="6118 3588">because</s> thou hast <sn="959">despised</s> me, and hast <sn="3947">taken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="802">wife</s> of <sn="223">Uriah</s> the <sn="2850">Hittite</s> to <sn="1961">be</s> thy <sn="802">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will raise <sn="6965">up</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="5921">against</s> thee out of thine own <sn="4480 1004">house</s>, and I will <sn="3947">take</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="802">wives</s> before thine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and <sn="5414">give</s> them unto thy <sn="7453">neighbor</s>, and he shall <sn="7901">lie</s><sn="5973">with</s> thy <sn="802">wives</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of <sn="2063">this</s><sn="8121">sun</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="6213">didst</s> it <sn="5643">secretly</s>: but <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="6213">do</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s><sn="5048">before</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="5048">before</s> the <sn="8121">sun</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5416">Nathan</s>, I have <sn="2398">sinned</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. And <sn="5416">Nathan</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1571">also</s> hath put <sn="5674">away</s> thy <sn="2403">sin</s>; thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="657">Howbeit</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> by <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">deed</s> thou hast given great <sn="5006">occasion</s><sn="*853"></s> to the <sn="341">enemies</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> to <sn="5006">blaspheme</s>, the <sn="1121">child</s><sn="1571">also</s> that is <sn="3209">born</s> unto thee shall surely <sn="4191 4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="5416">Nathan</s><sn="1980">departed</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="1004">house</s>. And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5062">struck</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3206">child</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="223">Uriah</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s><sn="3205">bore</s> unto <sn="1732">David</s>, and it was very <sn="605">sick</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1732">David</s> therefore <sn="1245">besought</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="430">God</s><sn="1157">for</s> the <sn="5288">child</s>; and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6684 6685">fasted</s>, and <sn="935">went</s> in, and <sn="7901">lay</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3885">night</s> upon the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="2205">elders</s> of his <sn="1004">house</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and went <sn="5921">to</s> him, to raise him <sn="6965">up</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>: but he <sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> did he <sn="1262">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s><sn="854">with</s> them. </v>
<vn='18'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> on the <sn="7637">seventh</s><sn="3117">day</s>, that the <sn="3206">child</s><sn="4191">died</s>. And the <sn="5650">servants</s> of <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3372">feared</s> to <sn="5046">tell</s> him <sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3206">child</s> was <sn="4191">dead</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, while the <sn="3206">child</s><sn="1961">was</s> yet <sn="2416">alive</s>, we <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, and he would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearken</s> unto our <sn="6963">voice</s>: <sn="349">how</s> will he then <sn="6213 7451">vex</s> himself, if we <sn="559 413">tell</s> him that the <sn="3206">child</s> is <sn="4191">dead</s>? </v>
<vn='19'>But when <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="3907">whispered</s>, <sn="1732">David</s><sn="995">perceived</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3206">child</s> was <sn="4191">dead</s>: therefore <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s>, Is the <sn="3206">child</s><sn="4191">dead</s>? And they <sn="559">said</s>, He is <sn="4191">dead</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Then <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6965">arose</s> from the <sn="4480 776">earth</s>, and <sn="7364">washed</s>, and <sn="5480">anointed</s> himself, and <sn="2498">changed</s> his <sn="8071">apparel</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="7812">worshiped</s>: then he <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> his own <sn="1004">house</s>; and when he <sn="7592">required</s>, they <sn="7760">set</s><sn="3899">bread</s> before him, and he did <sn="398">eat</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Then <sn="559">said</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="1697">thing</s> is <sn="2088">this</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="6213">done</s>? thou didst <sn="6684">fast</s> and <sn="1058">weep</s> for the <sn="3206">child</s>, <sn="5668">while</s> it was <sn="2416">alive</s>; but <sn="834">when</s> the <sn="3206">child</s> was <sn="4191">dead</s>, thou didst <sn="6965">rise</s> and <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, While the <sn="3206">child</s> was <sn="5750">yet</s><sn="2416">alive</s>, I <sn="6684">fasted</s> and <sn="1058">wept</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> can <sn="3045">tell</s> whether <sn="3068">GOD</s> will be <sn="2603">gracious</s> to me, that the <sn="3206">child</s> may <sn="2416">live</s>? </v>
<vn='23'>But <sn="6258">now</s> he is <sn="4191">dead</s>, <sn="4100 2088">wherefore</s> should <sn="589">I</s><sn="6684">fast</s>? <sn="3201">can</s> I bring him <sn="7725">back</s><sn="5750">again</s>? <sn="589">I</s> shall <sn="1980">go</s><sn="413">to</s> him, but <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">to</s> me. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5162">comforted</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1339">Bath</s> -sheba his <sn="802">wife</s>, and <sn="935">went</s> in <sn="413">unto</s> her, and <sn="7901">lay</s><sn="5973">with</s> her: and she <sn="3205">bore</s> a <sn="1121">son</s>, and he <sn="7121">called</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8034">name</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s>: and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="157">loved</s> him. </v>
<vn='25'>And he <sn="7971">sent</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="5416">Nathan</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>; and he <sn="7121">called</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8034">name</s><sn="3041">Jedidiah</s>, <sn="5668">because</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="3898">fought</s> against <sn="7237">Rabbah</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>, and <sn="3920">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4410">royal</s><sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, I have <sn="3898">fought</s> against <sn="7237">Rabbah</s>, <sn="1571">and</s> have <sn="3920">taken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="4325">waters</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="622">gather</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> together, and <sn="2583">encamp</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="3920">take</s> it: <sn="6435">lest</s><sn="589">I</s><sn="3920">take</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, and it be <sn="7121">called</s><sn="5921">after</s> my <sn="8034">name</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="622">gathered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> together, and <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="7237">Rabbah</s>, and <sn="3898">fought</s> against it, and <sn="3920">took</s> it. </v>
<vn='30'>And he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="5850">crown</s> from <sn="4480 5921">off</s> his <sn="7218">head</s>, the <sn="4948">weight</s> whereof was a <sn="3603">talent</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s> with the <sn="3368">precious</s><sn="68">stones</s>: and it <sn="1961">was</s> set <sn="5921">on</s><sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="7218">head</s>. And he brought <sn="3318">forth</s> the <sn="7998">spoil</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s> in <sn="3966">great</s><sn="7235">abundance</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And he brought <sn="3318">forth</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were therein, and <sn="7760">put</s> them under <sn="4050">saws</s>, and under <sn="2757">harrows</s> of <sn="1270">iron</s>, and under <sn="4037">axes</s> of <sn="1270">iron</s>, and made them pass <sn="5674 *853">through</s> the <sn="4404">brickkiln</s>: and <sn="3651">thus</s><sn="6213">did</s> he unto <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>. So <sn="1732">David</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7725">returned</s> unto <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>