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When that time of year came around again, the anniversary of the Ammonite aggression, David dispatched Joab and his fighting men of Israel in full force to destroy the Ammonites for good. They laid siege to Rabbah, but David stayed in Jerusalem.

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In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.

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It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.

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The following spring, the time of year when kings go to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to destroy the Ammonites. In the process they laid siege to the city of Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem.

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One late afternoon, David got up from taking his nap and was strolling on the roof of the palace. From his vantage point on the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was stunningly beautiful.

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One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,

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Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.

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Late one afternoon David got out of bed after taking a nap and went for a stroll on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.

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David sent to ask about her, and was told, "Isn't this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?"

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and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"

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So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, "Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"

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He sent someone to find out who she was, and he was told, "She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite."

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David sent his agents to get her. After she arrived, he went to bed with her. (This occurred during the time of "purification" following her period.) Then she returned home.

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Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (She had purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she went back home.

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Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house.

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Then David sent for her; and when she came to the palace, he slept with her. (She had just completed the purification rites after having her menstrual period.) Then she returned home.

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Before long she realized she was pregnant. Later she sent word to David: "I'm pregnant."

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The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant."

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And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, "I am with child."

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Later, when Bathsheba discovered that she was pregnant, she sent a message to inform David.

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David then got in touch with Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." Joab sent him.

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So David sent this word to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent him to David.

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Then David sent to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.

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So David sent word to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite."

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When he arrived, David asked him for news from the front--how things were going with Joab and the troops and with the fighting.

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When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.

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When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered.

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When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was progressing.

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Then he said to Uriah, "Go home. Have a refreshing bath and a good night's rest." After Uriah left the palace, an informant of the king was sent after him.

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Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house and wash your feet." So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

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And David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house and wash your feet." So Uriah departed from the king's house, and a gift of food from the king followed him.

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Then he told Uriah, "Go on home and relax." David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the palace.

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But Uriah didn't go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance, along with the king's servants.

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But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master's servants and did not go down to his house.

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But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

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But Uriah wouldn't go home. He stayed that night at the palace entrance with some of the king's other servants.

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David was told that Uriah had not gone home. He asked Uriah, "Didn't you just come off a hard trip? So why didn't you go home?"

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When David was told, "Uriah did not go home," he asked him, "Haven't you just come from a distance? Why didn't you go home?"

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So when they told David, saying, "Uriah did not go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "Did you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?"

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When David heard what Uriah had done, he summoned him and asked, "What's the matter with you? Why didn't you go home last night after being away for so long?"

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Uriah replied to David, "The Chest is out there with the fighting men of Israel and Judah--in tents. My master Joab and his servants are roughing it out in the fields. So, how can I go home and eat and drink and enjoy my wife? On your life, I'll not do it!"

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Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my master Joab and my lord's men are camped in the open fields. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and lie with my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!"

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And Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields. Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing."

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Uriah replied, "The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents, and Joab and his officers are camping in the open fields. How could I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I will never be guilty of acting like that."

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"All right," said David, "have it your way. Stay for the day and I'll send you back tomorrow." So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem the rest of the day. The next day

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Then David said to him, "Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.

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Then David said to Uriah, "Wait here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.

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"Well, stay here tonight," David told him, "and tomorrow you may return to the army." So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.

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David invited him to eat and drink with him, and David got him drunk. But in the evening Uriah again went out and slept with his master's servants. He didn't go home.

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At David's invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master's servants; he did not go home.

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Now when David called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

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Then David invited him to dinner and got him drunk. But even then he couldn't get Uriah to go home to his wife. Again he slept at the palace entrance.

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In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

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In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

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In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

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So the next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah to deliver.

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In the letter he wrote, "Put Uriah in the front lines where the fighting is the fiercest. Then pull back and leave him exposed so that he's sure to be killed."

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In it he wrote, "Put Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die."

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And he wrote in the letter, saying, "Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die."

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The letter instructed Joab, "Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pull back so that he will be killed."

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So Joab, holding the city under siege, put Uriah in a place where he knew there were fierce enemy fighters.

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So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.

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So it was, while Joab besieged the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men.

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So Joab assigned Uriah to a spot close to the city wall where he knew the enemy's strongest men were fighting.

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When the city's defenders came out to fight Joab, some of David's soldiers were killed, including Uriah the Hittite.

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When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David's army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.

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Then the men of the city came out and fought with Joab. And some of the people of the servants of David fell; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

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And Uriah was killed along with several other Israelite soldiers.

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Joab sent David a full report on the battle.

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Joab sent David a full account of the battle.

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Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war,

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Then Joab sent a battle report to David.

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He instructed the messenger, "After you have given to the king a detailed report on the battle,

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He instructed the messenger: "When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle,

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and charged the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling the matters of the war to the king,

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He told his messenger, "Report all the news of the battle to the king.

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if he flares in anger,

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the king's anger may flare up, and he may ask you, 'Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn't you know they would shoot arrows from the wall?

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if it happens that the king's wrath rises, and he says to you: "Why did you approach so near to the city when you fought? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?

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But he might get angry and ask, `Why did the troops go so close to the city? Didn't they know there would be shooting from the walls?

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say, "And by the way, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.'"

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Who killed Abimelech son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn't a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?' If he asks you this, then say to him, 'Also, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.'"

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Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who cast a piece of a millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall?'--then you shall say, "Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also."'

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Wasn't Gideon's son Abimelech killed at Thebez by a woman who threw a millstone down on him?' Then tell him, `Uriah the Hittite was killed, too.'"

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Joab's messenger arrived in Jerusalem and gave the king a full report.

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The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had sent him to say.

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So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent by him.

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So the messenger went to Jerusalem and gave a complete report to David.

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He said, "The enemy was too much for us. They advanced on us in the open field, and we pushed them back to the city gate.

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The messenger said to David, "The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance to the city gate.

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And the messenger said to David, "Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to us in the field; then we drove them back as far as the entrance of the gate.

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"The enemy came out against us," he said. "And as we chased them back to the city gates,

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But then arrows came hot and heavy on us from the city wall, and eighteen of the king's soldiers died."

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Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead."

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The archers shot from the wall at your servants; and some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also."

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the archers on the wall shot arrows at us. Some of our men were killed, including Uriah the Hittite."

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When the messenger completed his report of the battle, David got angry at Joab. He vented it on the messenger: "Why did you get so close to the city? Didn't you know you'd be attacked from the wall? Didn't you remember how Abimelech son of Jerub-Besheth got killed? Wasn't it a woman who dropped a millstone on him from the wall and crushed him at Thebez? Why did you go close to the wall!By the way," said Joab's messenger, "your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead." Then David told the messenger, "Oh. I see. Tell Joab, "Don't trouble yourself over this. War kills--sometimes one, sometimes another--you never know who's next. Redouble your assault on the city and destroy it.' Encourage Joab."

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David told the messenger, "Say this to Joab: 'Don't let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.' Say this to encourage Joab."

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Then David said to the messenger, "Thus you shall say to Joab: "Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it.' So encourage him."

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"Well, tell Joab not to be discouraged," David said. "The sword kills one as well as another! Fight harder next time, and conquer the city!"

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When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she grieved for her husband.

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When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

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When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

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When Bathsheba heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

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When the time of mourning was over, David sent someone to bring her to his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. But GOD was not at all pleased with what David had done,

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After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the LORD.

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And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

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When the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she became one of his wives. Then she gave birth to a son. But the LORD was very displeased with what David had done.

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and sent Nathan to David. Nathan said to him, "There were two men in the same city--one rich, the other poor.

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The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, "There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor.

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Then the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him: "There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.

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So the LORD sent Nathan the prophet to tell David this story: "There were two men in a certain town. One was rich, and one was poor.

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The rich man had huge flocks of sheep, herds of cattle.

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The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle,

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The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds.

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The rich man owned many sheep and cattle.

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The poor man had nothing but one little female lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up with him and his children as a member of the family. It ate off his plate and drank from his cup and slept on his bed. It was like a daughter to him.

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but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.

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But the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb which he had bought and nourished; and it grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food and drank from his own cup and lay in his bosom; and it was like a daughter to him.

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The poor man owned nothing but a little lamb he had worked hard to buy. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man's own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.

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"One day a traveler dropped in on the rich man. He was too stingy to take an animal from his own herds or flocks to make a meal for his visitor, so he took the poor man's lamb and prepared a meal to set before his guest."

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"Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him."

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And a traveler came to the rich man, who refused to take from his own flock and from his own herd to prepare one for the wayfaring man who had come to him; but he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him."

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One day a guest arrived at the home of the rich man. But instead of killing a lamb from his own flocks for food, he took the poor man's lamb and killed it and served it to his guest."

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David exploded in anger. "As surely as GOD lives," he said to Nathan, "the man who did this ought to be lynched!

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David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

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So David's anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As the LORD lives, the man who has done this shall surely die!

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David was furious. "As surely as the LORD lives," he vowed, "any man who would do such a thing deserves to die!

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He must repay for the lamb four times over for his crime and his stinginess!"

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He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity."

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And he shall restore fourfold for the lamb, because he did this thing and because he had no pity."

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He must repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole and for having no pity."

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"You're the man!" said Nathan. "And here's what GOD, the God of Israel, has to say to you: I made you king over Israel. I freed you from the fist of Saul.

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Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

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Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD God of Israel: "I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

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Then Nathan said to David, "You are that man! The LORD, the God of Israel, says, `I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul.

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I gave you your master's daughter and other wives to have and to hold. I gave you both Israel and Judah. And if that hadn't been enough, I'd have gladly thrown in much more.

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I gave your master's house to you, and your master's wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.

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I gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if that had been too little, I also would have given you much more!

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I gave you his house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more.

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So why have you treated the word of GOD with brazen contempt, doing this great evil? You murdered Uriah the Hittite, then took his wife as your wife. Worse, you killed him with an Ammonite sword!

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Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

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Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon.

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Why, then, have you despised the word of the LORD and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah and stolen his wife.

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And now, because you treated God with such contempt and took Uriah the Hittite's wife as your wife, killing and murder will continually plague your family.

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Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'

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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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From this time on, the sword will be a constant threat to your family, because you have despised me by taking Uriah's wife to be your own.

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This is GOD speaking, remember! I'll make trouble for you out of your own family. I'll take your wives from right out in front of you. I'll give them to some neighbor, and he'll go to bed with them openly.

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"This is what the LORD says: 'Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity upon you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight.

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Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will raise up adversity against you from your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

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" `Because of what you have done, I, the LORD, will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man, and he will go to bed with them in public view.

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You did your deed in secret; I'm doing mine with the whole country watching!"

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You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.'"

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For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun."'

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You did it secretly, but I will do this to you openly in the sight of all Israel.'"

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Then David confessed to Nathan, "I've sinned against GOD." Nathan pronounced, "Yes, but that's not the last word. GOD forgives your sin. You won't die for it.

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Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Nathan replied, "The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.

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So David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." And Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

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Then David confessed to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Nathan replied, "Yes, but the LORD has forgiven you, and you won't die for this sin.

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But because of your blasphemous behavior, the son born to you will die."

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But because by doing this you have made the enemies of the LORD show utter contempt, the son born to you will die."

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However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die."

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But you have given the enemies of the LORD great opportunity to despise and blaspheme him, so your child will die."

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After Nathan went home, GOD afflicted the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and he came down sick.

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After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

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Then Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it became ill.

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After Nathan returned to his home, the LORD made Bathsheba's baby deathly ill.

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David prayed desperately to God for the little boy. He fasted, wouldn't go out, and slept on the floor.

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David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and went into his house and spent the nights lying on the ground.

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David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.

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David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground.

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The elders in his family came in and tried to get him off the floor, but he wouldn't budge. Nor could they get him to eat anything.

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The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.

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So the elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise him up from the ground. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

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The leaders of the nation pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused.

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On the seventh day the child died. David's servants were afraid to tell him. They said, "What do we do now? While the child was living he wouldn't listen to a word we said. Now, with the child dead, if we speak to him there's no telling what he'll do."

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On the seventh day the child died. David's servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, "While the child was still living, we spoke to David but he would not listen to us. How can we tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate."

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Then on the seventh day it came to pass that the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead. For they said, "Indeed, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not heed our voice. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He may do some harm!"

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Then on the seventh day the baby died. David's advisers were afraid to tell him. "He was so broken up about the baby being sick," they said. "What will he do to himself when we tell him the child is dead?"

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David noticed that the servants were whispering behind his back, and realized that the boy must have died. He asked the servants, "Is the boy dead?Yes," they answered. "He's dead."

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David noticed that his servants were whispering among themselves and he realized the child was dead. "Is the child dead?" he asked. "Yes," they replied, "he is dead."

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When David saw that his servants were whispering, David perceived that the child was dead. Therefore David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" And they said, "He is dead."

2Sam.12.19

But when David saw them whispering, he realized what had happened. "Is the baby dead?" he asked. "Yes," they replied.

2Sam.12.20

David got up from the floor, washed his face and combed his hair, put on a fresh change of clothes, then went into the sanctuary and worshiped. Then he came home and asked for something to eat. They set it before him and he ate.

2Sam.12.20

Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.

2Sam.12.20

So David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house; and when he requested, they set food before him, and he ate.

2Sam.12.20

Then David got up from the ground, washed himself, put on lotions, and changed his clothes. Then he went to the Tabernacle and worshiped the LORD. After that, he returned to the palace and ate.

2Sam.12.21

His servants asked him, "What's going on with you? While the child was alive you fasted and wept and stayed up all night. Now that he's dead, you get up and eat."

2Sam.12.21

His servants asked him, "Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!"

2Sam.12.21

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 died, you arose and ate food."

2Sam.12.21

His advisers were amazed. "We don't understand you," they told him. "While the baby was still living, you wept and refused to eat. But now that the baby is dead, you have stopped your mourning and are eating again."

2Sam.12.22

"While the child was alive," he said, "I fasted and wept, thinking GOD might have mercy on me and the child would live.

2Sam.12.22

He answered, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, 'Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let the child live.'

2Sam.12.22

And he said, "While the child was alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, "Who can tell whether the LORD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?'

2Sam.12.22

David replied, "I fasted and wept while the child was alive, for I said, `Perhaps the LORD will be gracious to me and let the child live.'

2Sam.12.23

But now that he's dead, why fast? Can I bring him back now? I can go to him, but he can't come to me."

2Sam.12.23

But now that 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."

2Sam.12.23

But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me."

2Sam.12.23

But why should I fast when he is dead? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him one day, but he cannot return to me."

2Sam.12.24

David went and comforted his wife Bathsheba. And when he slept with her, they conceived a son. When he was born they named him Solomon. GOD had a special love for him

2Sam.12.24

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The LORD loved him;

2Sam.12.24

Then David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her. So she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Now the LORD loved him,

2Sam.12.24

Then David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The LORD loved the child

2Sam.12.25

and sent word by Nathan the prophet that GOD wanted him named Jedidiah (God's Beloved). [JC]

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and because the LORD loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.

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and He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet: So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

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and sent word through Nathan the prophet that his name should be Jedidiah--"beloved of the LORD"--because the LORD loved him.

2Sam.12.26

Joab, at war in Rabbah against the Ammonites, captured the royal city.

2Sam.12.26

Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel.

2Sam.12.26

Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and took the royal city.

2Sam.12.26

Meanwhile, Joab and the Israelite army were successfully ending their siege of Rabbah, the capital of Ammon.

2Sam.12.27

He sent messengers to David saying, "I'm fighting at Rabbah, and I've just captured the city's water supply.

2Sam.12.27

Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, "I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.

2Sam.12.27

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, "I have fought against Rabbah, and I have taken the city's water supply.

2Sam.12.27

Joab sent messengers to tell David, "I have fought against Rabbah and captured its water supply.

2Sam.12.28

Hurry and get the rest of the troops together and set up camp here at the city and complete the capture yourself. Otherwise, I'll capture it and get all the credit instead of you."

2Sam.12.28

Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will take the city, and it will be named after me."

2Sam.12.28

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."

2Sam.12.28

Now bring the rest of the army and finish the job, so you will get credit for the victory instead of me."

2Sam.12.29

So David marshaled all the troops, went to Rabbah, and fought and captured it.

2Sam.12.29

So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it.

2Sam.12.29

So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, fought against it, and took it.

2Sam.12.29

So David led the rest of his army to Rabbah and captured it.

2Sam.12.30

He took the crown from their king's head--very heavy with gold, and with a precious stone in it. It ended up on David's head. And they plundered the city, carrying off a great quantity of loot.

2Sam.12.30

He took the crown from the head of their king -its weight was a talent of gold, and it was set with precious stones-and it was placed on David's head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city

2Sam.12.30

Then he took their king's crown from his head. Its weight was a talent of gold, with precious stones. And it was set on David's head. Also he brought out the spoil of the city in great abundance.

2Sam.12.30

David removed the crown from the king's head, and it was placed on David's own head. The crown was made of gold and set with gems, and it weighed about seventy-five pounds. David took a vast amount of plunder from the city.

2Sam.12.31

David emptied the city of its people and put them to slave labor using saws, picks, and axes, and making bricks. He did this to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and the whole army returned to Jerusalem.

2Sam.12.31

and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking. He did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

2Sam.12.31

And he brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work with saws and iron picks and iron axes, and made them cross over to the brick works. So he did to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

2Sam.12.31

He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with saws, picks, and axes, and to work in the brick kilns. That is how he dealt with the people of all the Ammonite cities. Then David and his army returned to Jerusalem.