⁷Nathan replied to David, “You are the man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, ^hand I delivered you from the hand of Saul. ⁸I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms, ⁱand I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more. ⁹Why then have you despised the command of the Lord by doing what I consider ^jevil? ^kYou struck down Uriah ^lthe Hittite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife—you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword. ^m¹⁰Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house ⁿbecause you despised Me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own wife.’

¹¹“This is what the Lord says, ^o‘I am going to bring disaster on you from your own family: I will take your wives and give them to another ^pbefore your very eyes, and he will sleep with them publicly. ^q¹²You acted in secret, but I will do this before all Israel and in broad daylight.’ ” ^r

¹³David responded to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” ^s

Then Nathan replied to David, “The Lord has taken away your sin; you will not die. ^t¹⁴However, because you treated ^uthe Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son born to you will die.” ^v

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Footnotes

i12:8 bosom
j12:9 Alt Hb tradition reads what He considers
p12:11 Or to your neighbor
q12:11 in the eyes of this sun
r12:12 and before the sun
u12:14 Ancient Jewish tradition, one ; reads treated the enemies of; read treated the word of

Cross references

h12:7 1Sm 16:13
k12:9 Nm 15:30–31; 1Sm 15:19
l12:9 Mt 1:6
m12:9 2Sm 11:14–17
n12:10 2Sm 12:18; 13:28–29; 18:14–18; 1Kg 2:22–25; 2Kg 11:1
o12:11–12 2Sm 16:21–22
s12:13 2Sm 24:10; Ps 32:5; 51:4
t12:13 Lv 20:10; 24:17; Ps 32:1–5; Pr 28:13
v12:14 2Sm 12:18