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2 Samuel 12 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city: the one rich, and the other poor.
[2] The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
[3] but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was like a daughter to him.
[4] A traveler came to the rich man, and he didn’t want to take of his own flock and of his own herd to prepare for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
[5] David’s anger burned hot against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this deserves to die!
[6] He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity!”
[7] Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
[8] I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things.
[9] Why have you despised Yahweh’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
[10] Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken Uriah the Hittite’s wife to be your wife.’
[11] “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
[12] For you did this secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.’”
[13] David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die.
[14] However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you will surely die.”
[15] Then Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he was very sick.
[16] David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground.
[17] The elders of his house arose beside him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he didn’t eat bread with them.
[18] On the seventh day, the child died. David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him and he didn’t listen to our voice. How will he then harm himself if we tell him that the child is dead?”
[19] But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”
[20] Then David arose from the earth, and washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into Yahweh’s house, and worshiped. Then he came to his own house; and when he requested, they set bread before him and he ate.
[21] Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.”
[22] He said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’
[23] But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
[24] David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;
[25] and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh’s sake.
[26] Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
[27] Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.
[28] Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name.”
[29] David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.
[30] He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David’s head. He brought a great quantity of plunder out of the city.
[31] He brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work under saws, under iron picks, under axes of iron, and made them go to the brick kiln; and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 12:25 “Jedidiah” means “loved by Yahweh”.
2 Samuel 12:30 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Samuel 12 (KJVS)

[1] And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
[2] The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
[3] 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.
[4] 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.
[5] 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:
[6] and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
[7] 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;
[8] 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.
[9] 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] 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.
[11] 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.
[12] For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
[13] 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.
[14] 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.
[15] And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
[16] David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
[17] And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
[18] And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
[19] But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
[20] Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
[21] Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
[22] And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
[23] But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
[24] And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lord loved him.
[25] And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.
[26] And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
[27] And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
[28] Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
[29] And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
[30] And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
[31] And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 12:3 Heb. morsel
2 Samuel 12:5 Or, is worthy to die
2 Samuel 12:16 Heb. fasted a fast
2 Samuel 12:18 Heb. do hurt
2 Samuel 12:25 That is, Beloved of the Lord
2 Samuel 12:28 Heb. my name be called upon it
2 Samuel 12:30 Heb. very great

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Samuel 12 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () κύριος () τὸν () Ναθαν () τὸν () προφήτην () πρὸς () Δαυιδ, () καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Δύο () ἦσαν () ἄνδρες () ἐν () πόλει () μιᾷ, () εἷς () πλούσιος () καὶ () εἷς () πένης· ()
[2] καὶ () τῷ () πλουσίῳ () ἦν () ποίμνια () καὶ () βουκόλια πολλὰ () σφόδρα, ()
[3] καὶ () τῷ () πένητι () οὐδὲν () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () ἀμνὰς μία () μικρά, () ἣν () ἐκτήσατο () καὶ () περιεποιήσατο () καὶ () ἐξέθρεψεν () αὐτήν, () καὶ () ἡδρύνθη μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () μετὰ () τῶν () υἱῶν () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὸ () αὐτό, () ἐκ () τοῦ () ἄρτου () αὐτοῦ () ἤσθιεν καὶ () ἐκ () τοῦ () ποτηρίου () αὐτοῦ () ἔπινεν () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () κόλπῳ () αὐτοῦ () ἐκάθευδεν () καὶ () ἦν () αὐτῷ () ὡς () θυγάτηρ· ()
[4] καὶ () ἦλθεν () πάροδος () τῷ () ἀνδρὶ () τῷ () πλουσίῳ, () καὶ () ἐφείσατο () λαβεῖν () ἐκ () τῶν () ποιμνίων () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐκ () τῶν () βουκολίων αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () τῷ () ξένῳ () ὁδοιπόρῳ ἐλθόντι () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἔλαβεν () τὴν () ἀμνάδα τοῦ () πένητος () καὶ () ἐποίησεν () αὐτὴν () τῷ () ἀνδρὶ () τῷ () ἐλθόντι () πρὸς () αὐτόν. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἐθυμώθη () ὀργῇ () Δαυιδ () σφόδρα () τῷ () ἀνδρί, () καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () πρὸς () Ναθαν () Ζῇ () κύριος, () ὅτι () υἱὸς () θανάτου () ὁ () ἀνὴρ () ὁ () ποιήσας () τοῦτο ()
[6] καὶ () τὴν () ἀμνάδα ἀποτείσει () ἑπταπλασίονα ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ὅτι () ἐποίησεν () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο () καὶ () περὶ () οὗ () οὐκ () ἐφείσατο. ()
[7] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ναθαν () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () Σὺ () εἶ () ὁ () ἀνὴρ () ὁ () ποιήσας () τοῦτο· () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () Ἐγώ () εἰμι () ἔχρισά () σε () εἰς () βασιλέα () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἐγώ () εἰμι () ἐρρυσάμην () σε () ἐκ () χειρὸς () Σαουλ ()
[8] καὶ () ἔδωκά () σοι () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () κυρίου () σου () καὶ () τὰς () γυναῖκας () τοῦ () κυρίου () σου () ἐν () τῷ () κόλπῳ () σου () καὶ () ἔδωκά () σοι () τὸν () οἶκον () Ισραηλ () καὶ () Ιουδα· καὶ () εἰ () μικρόν ἐστιν, () προσθήσω () σοι () κατὰ () ταῦτα. ()
[9] Τί () ὅτι () ἐφαύλισας τὸν () λόγον () κυρίου () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () αὐτοῦ; () Τὸν () Ουριαν () τὸν () Χετταῖον ἐπάταξας () ἐν () ῥομφαίᾳ () καὶ () τὴν () γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ () ἔλαβες () σεαυτῷ () εἰς () γυναῖκα () καὶ () αὐτὸν () ἀπέκτεινας () ἐν () ῥομφαίᾳ () υἱῶν () Αμμων.
[10] Καὶ () νῦν () οὐκ () ἀποστήσεται () ῥομφαία () ἐκ () τοῦ () οἴκου () σου () ἕως () αἰῶνος () ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ὅτι () ἐξουδένωσάς () με () καὶ () ἔλαβες () τὴν () γυναῖκα () τοῦ () Ουριου () τοῦ () Χετταίου τοῦ () εἶναί () σοι () εἰς () γυναῖκα. ()
[11] Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ἐξεγείρω () ἐπὶ () σὲ () κακὰ () ἐκ () τοῦ () οἴκου () σου () καὶ () λήμψομαι () τὰς () γυναῖκάς () σου () κατ’ () ὀφθαλμούς () σου () καὶ () δώσω () τῷ () πλησίον () σου, () καὶ () κοιμηθήσεται () μετὰ () τῶν () γυναικῶν () σου () ἐναντίον () τοῦ () ἡλίου () τούτου· ()
[12] ὅτι () σὺ () ἐποίησας () κρυβῇ, () κἀγὼ () ποιήσω () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο () ἐναντίον () παντὸς () Ισραηλ () καὶ () ἀπέναντι () τούτου () τοῦ () ἡλίου. ()
[13] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () τῷ () Ναθαν () Ἡμάρτηκα () τῷ () κυρίῳ. () Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ναθαν () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () Καὶ () κύριος () παρεβίβασεν τὸ () ἁμάρτημά () σου, () οὐ () μὴ () ἀποθάνῃς· ()
[14] πλὴν () ὅτι () παροξύνων () παρώξυνας () τοὺς () ἐχθροὺς () κυρίου () ἐν () τῷ () ῥήματι () τούτῳ, () καί () γε () ὁ () υἱός () σου () ὁ () τεχθείς () σοι () θανάτῳ () ἀποθανεῖται. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἀπῆλθεν () Ναθαν () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ. () Καὶ () ἔθραυσεν () κύριος () τὸ () παιδίον, () ὃ () ἔτεκεν () ἡ () γυνὴ () Ουριου () τῷ () Δαυιδ, () καὶ () ἠρρώστησεν.
[16] Καὶ () ἐζήτησεν () Δαυιδ () τὸν () θεὸν () περὶ () τοῦ () παιδαρίου, () καὶ () ἐνήστευσεν () Δαυιδ () νηστείαν () καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () καὶ () ηὐλίσθη () ἐν () σάκκῳ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἀνέστησαν () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () οἱ () πρεσβύτεροι () τοῦ () οἴκου () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () ἐγεῖραι () αὐτὸν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γῆς, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠθέλησεν () καὶ () οὐ () συνέφαγεν () αὐτοῖς () ἄρτον. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () ἑβδόμῃ () καὶ () ἀπέθανε () τὸ () παιδάριον· () καὶ () ἐφοβήθησαν () οἱ () δοῦλοι () Δαυιδ () ἀναγγεῖλαι () αὐτῷ () ὅτι () τέθνηκεν () τὸ () παιδάριον, () ὅτι () εἶπαν () Ἰδοὺ () ἐν () τῷ () ἔτι () τὸ () παιδάριον () ζῆν () ἐλαλήσαμεν () πρὸς () αὐτόν, () καὶ () οὐκ () εἰσήκουσεν () τῆς () φωνῆς () ἡμῶν· () καὶ () πῶς () εἴπωμεν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () ὅτι () τέθνηκεν () τὸ () παιδάριον; () Καὶ () ποιήσει () κακά. ()
[19] Καὶ () συνῆκεν () Δαυιδ () ὅτι () οἱ () παῖδες () αὐτοῦ () ψιθυρίζουσιν, καὶ () ἐνόησεν () Δαυιδ () ὅτι () τέθνηκεν () τὸ () παιδάριον· () καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () πρὸς () τοὺς () παῖδας () αὐτοῦ () Εἰ () τέθνηκεν () τὸ () παιδάριον; () Καὶ () εἶπαν () Τέθνηκεν. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Δαυιδ () ἐκ () τῆς () γῆς () καὶ () ἐλούσατο () καὶ () ἠλείψατο () καὶ () ἤλλαξεν () τὰ () ἱμάτια () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () θεοῦ () καὶ () προσεκύνησεν () αὐτῷ· () καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ᾔτησεν () ἄρτον () φαγεῖν, () καὶ () παρέθηκαν () αὐτῷ () ἄρτον, () καὶ () ἔφαγεν. ()
[21] Καὶ () εἶπαν () οἱ () παῖδες () αὐτοῦ () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Τί () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο, () ὃ () ἐποίησας; () Ἕνεκα () τοῦ () παιδαρίου () ἔτι () ζῶντος () ἐνήστευες () καὶ () ἔκλαιες () καὶ () ἠγρύπνεις, () καὶ () ἡνίκα () ἀπέθανεν () τὸ () παιδάριον, () ἀνέστης () καὶ () ἔφαγες ἄρτον () καὶ () πέπωκας. ()
[22] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () Ἐν () τῷ () τὸ () παιδάριον () ἔτι () ζῆν () ἐνήστευσα () καὶ () ἔκλαυσα, () ὅτι () εἶπα () Τίς () οἶδεν () εἰ () ἐλεήσει () με () κύριος () καὶ () ζήσεται () τὸ () παιδάριον; ()
[23] Καὶ () νῦν () τέθνηκεν· () ἵνα () τί () τοῦτο () ἐγὼ () νηστεύω; () Μὴ () δυνήσομαι () ἐπιστρέψαι () αὐτὸ () ἔτι; () Ἐγὼ () πορεύσομαι () πρὸς () αὐτόν, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () οὐκ () ἀναστρέψει () πρός () με. ()
[24] Καὶ () παρεκάλεσεν () Δαυιδ () Βηρσαβεε τὴν () γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () πρὸς () αὐτὴν () καὶ () ἐκοιμήθη () μετ’ () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () συνέλαβεν () καὶ () ἔτεκεν () υἱόν, () καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () Σαλωμων, καὶ () κύριος () ἠγάπησεν () αὐτόν. ()
[25] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () ἐν () χειρὶ () Ναθαν () τοῦ () προφήτου, () καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () Ιδεδι ἕνεκεν () κυρίου. ()
[26] Καὶ () ἐπολέμησεν () Ιωαβ ἐν () Ραββαθ υἱῶν () Αμμων καὶ () κατέλαβεν () τὴν () πόλιν () τῆς () βασιλείας. ()
[27] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Ιωαβ ἀγγέλους () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἐπολέμησα () ἐν () Ραββαθ καὶ () κατελαβόμην () τὴν () πόλιν () τῶν () ὑδάτων· ()
[28] καὶ () νῦν () συνάγαγε () τὸ () κατάλοιπον () τοῦ () λαοῦ () καὶ () παρέμβαλε ἐπὶ () τὴν () πόλιν () καὶ () προκαταλαβοῦ αὐτήν, () ἵνα () μὴ () προκαταλάβωμαι ἐγὼ () τὴν () πόλιν () καὶ () κληθῇ () τὸ () ὄνομά () μου () ἐπ’ () αὐτήν. ()
[29] Καὶ () συνήγαγεν () Δαυιδ () πάντα () τὸν () λαὸν () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () εἰς () Ραββαθ καὶ () ἐπολέμησεν () ἐν () αὐτῇ () καὶ () κατελάβετο () αὐτήν. ()
[30] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () τὸν () στέφανον () Μελχολ τοῦ () βασιλέως () αὐτῶν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () κεφαλῆς () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ὁ () σταθμὸς αὐτοῦ () τάλαντον () χρυσίου () καὶ () λίθου () τιμίου, () καὶ () ἦν () ἐπὶ () τῆς () κεφαλῆς () Δαυιδ· () καὶ () σκῦλα () τῆς () πόλεως () ἐξήνεγκεν () πολλὰ () σφόδρα. ()
[31] Καὶ () τὸν () λαὸν () τὸν () ὄντα () ἐν () αὐτῇ () ἐξήγαγεν () καὶ () ἔθηκεν () ἐν () τῷ () πρίονι καὶ () ἐν () τοῖς () τριβόλοις () τοῖς () σιδηροῖς () καὶ () διήγαγεν () αὐτοὺς () διὰ () τοῦ () πλινθείου· καὶ () οὕτως () ἐποίησεν () πάσαις () ταῖς () πόλεσιν () υἱῶν () Αμμων. Καὶ () ἐπέστρεψεν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.