Nathan then said to David, “(A)You yourself are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘(B)It is I who anointed you as king over Israel, and it is I who rescued you from the hand of Saul. I also gave you (C)your master’s house and put your master’s wives [a]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 [b]many more things like these! Why (D)have you despised the word of the Lord, by doing evil in His sight? (E)You have struck and killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, you (F)have taken his wife as your wife, and you have slaughtered him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:8 Lit on your lap; or chest
  2. 2 Samuel 12:8 Lit like these and like these

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