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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.
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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 exceeding many flocks and herds:
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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:
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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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And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
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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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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;
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
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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 therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
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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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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.
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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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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?
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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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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.
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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."
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But when David saw them whispering, he realized what had happened. "Is the baby dead?" he asked. "Yes," they replied.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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!"
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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."
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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."
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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?
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"While the child was alive," he said, "I fasted and wept, thinking GOD might have mercy on me and the child would live.
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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.'
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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?'
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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.'
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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And David comforted Bathsheba 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.
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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
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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;
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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,
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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
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And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
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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.
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And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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Joab, at war in Rabbah against the Ammonites, captured the royal city.
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Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel.
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Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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Meanwhile, Joab and the Israelite army were successfully ending their siege of Rabbah, the capital of Ammon.
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And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
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He sent messengers to David saying, "I'm fighting at Rabbah, and I've just captured the city's water supply.
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Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, "I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.
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And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, "I have fought against Rabbah, and I have taken the city's water supply.
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Joab sent messengers to tell David, "I have fought against Rabbah and captured its water supply.
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Now bring the rest of the army and finish the job, so you will get credit for the victory instead of me."
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And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
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So David marshaled all the troops, went to Rabbah, and fought and captured it.
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So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it.
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So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, fought against it, and took it.
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So David led the rest of his army to Rabbah and captured it.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
