2Sa 12:1-7 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then the Lord sent Nathan to David . And he came to him and said , “ There were two men in one city , the one rich and the other poor .

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2 Samuel 12:1-7

1 Then the Lord sent ^aNathan to David. And ^bhe came to him and ^{▼▼ Lit said to him}said, “There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.
2 “The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.
3 “But the poor man had nothing except ^done little ewe lamb
Which he bought and nourished;
And it grew up together with him and his children.
It would eat of his ^{▼▼ Lit morsel}bread and drink of his cup and lie in his bosom,
And was like a daughter to him.
4 “Now a traveler came to the rich man,
And he ^{▼▼ Lit spared}was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd,
To prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him;
Rather he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”

5 Then David’s anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, surely the man who has done this ^{▼▼ Lit is a son of death
,} ^hdeserves to die. 6 “He must make restitution for the lamb ⁱfourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion.”

7 Nathan then said to David, ^j“You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘ ^kIt is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul.