2 Samuel 12:11-29
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11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
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12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
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13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
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14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
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15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
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16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
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17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
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18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
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19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
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20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
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21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
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22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
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23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
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24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
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25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
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26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
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28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
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29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.