1 Dauid reproued by Nathán confesseth his sinne. 18 The childe conceiued in adulterie dyeth. 24 Salomón is borne. 26 Rabbáh is taken. 31 The citizens are grieuously punished.
1.THen the Lord sent Nathán vnto Dauid, who came to him, and said vnto him, There were two men in one citie, the one riche, and the other poore.
2.The riche man had exceeding many shepe and oxen:
3.But the poore had none at all, saue one litle shepe which he had boght, & nourished vp: and it grewe vp with him, and with his children also, and did eat of his owne morsels, & dranke of his owne cup, and slept in his bosome, and was vnto him as his daughter.
4.Now there came a stranger vnto the riche mā, who refused to take of his owne shepe, and of his owne oxen to dresse for the stranger that was come vnto him, but toke the poore man shepe, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
5.Thē Dauid was exceding wrothe with the mā, and said to Nathán, As the Lord liueth, the man that hathe done this thing, shal surely dye,
6.And he shal restore the lābe foure folde, because he did this thing, and had no pitie thereof.
7.Then Nathán said to Dauid, Thou art the man. Thus sayth the Lord God of Israél, I anointed thee King ouer Israél, and deliuered thee out of the hand of Saúl,
10.Now therefore the sworde shal neuer departe from thine house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Vriáh the Hittite to be thy wife.
11.Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I wil raise vp euil against thee out of thine owne house, and wil take thy wiues before thine eyes, & giue them vnto thy neighbour, and he shal lye with thy wiues in the sight of this sunne.
12.For thou didest it secretly: but I wil do this thing before all Israél, and before the sunne.
14.Howbeit because by this dede thou hast caused the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the childe that is borne vnto thee shal surely dye.
15.¶ So Nathán departed vnto his house: and the Lord stroke the childe that Vriahs wife bare vnto Dauid, and it was sicke.
17.Then the Elders of his house arose to come vnto him, and to cause him to rise from the grounde: but he wolde not, neither did he eat meat with them.
18.So on the seuenth day the childe dyed: & the seruants of Dauid feared to tel him that the childe was dead: for thei said, Beholde, while the childe was aliue, we spake vnto him, and he wolde not hearken vnto our voyce: how then shal we say vnto him, The childe is dead, to vexe him more?
19.But when Dauid sawe that his seruants whispered, Dauid perceiued that ye childe was dead: therefore Dauid said vnto his seruants, Is the childe dead? And they said, He is dead.
20.Then Dauid arose from the earth, & washed and anointed him selfe, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshiped, & afterward came to his owne house, and bade that they shulde set bread before him, and he did eat.
22.And he said, While the childe was yet aliue, I fasted, and wept: for I said, Who can tel whether God wil haue mercie on me, that the childe may liue?
23.But now being dead, wherefore shulde I now fast? Can I bring him againe anie more? I shal go to him, but he shal not returne to me.
24.¶ And Dauid comforted Bath-shéba his wife, and went in vnto her, and lay with her, and she bare a sonne, & he called his name Salomón: also ye Lord loued hī. 25 *Therefore
25.For the Lord had sent by Nathán the Prophet: therefore * he called his name Iedidiáh, because the Lord loued him.
26.¶ Then Ioáb fought against Rabbáh of the children of Ammón, and toke the * citie of the kingdome.
27.Therefore Ioáb sent messengers to Dauid, saying, I haue fought against Rabbáh, and haue taken the citie of waters.
29.So Dauid gathered all the people together, and went against Rabbáh, and besieged it, and toke it.
30.* And he toke their Kings crowne from his head, (which wayed a talent of golde, with precious stones) & it was set on Dauids head: and he brought away the spoile of the citie in exceding great abundance.
31.And he caryed away the people that was therein, and put them vnder ‡ sawes, and vnder yron harowes, and vnder axes of yron, and cast them into the tyle kylne: euen thus did he with all the cities of the children of Ammón. Then Dauid and all the people returned vnto Ierusalém.