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2 Samuel 12:5-10

2 Samuel 12:5-10 CSB

David was infuriated with the man and said to Nathan, “As the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die! Because he has done this thing and shown no pity, he must pay four lambs for that lamb.”  Nathan replied to David, “You are the man! This is what the LORD God of Israel says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel,  and I rescued you from Saul. I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms,  and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more. Why then have you despised the LORD’s command by doing what I consider  evil?  You struck down Uriah  the Hethite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife #— #you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword.  Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house  because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hethite to be your own wife.’