2Sa 12:9 | NET2full | STEP | Why have you shown contempt for the Lord ’s decrees by doing evil in my sight ? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife to be your own wife ! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites .

‏ 2 Samuel 12:9

9 Why have you shown contempt for the Lord’s decrees ^{▼▼tn Or “word, message.” The “word of the Lord” sometimes refers to a prophetic message from God and sometimes to his past revelation. Here it refers to the Lord’s laws which David has violated.} by doing evil in my ^{▼▼tc So the Qere; the Kethib has “his.”} sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife to be your own wife! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.