WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.340 Chapter 12 And the Lord sent Nathan unto David, and he came unto him, and said unto 00:07.340 --> 00:12.420 him, There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor. 00:13.100 --> 00:18.320 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing, 00:18.820 --> 00:22.500 save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up. 00:22.980 --> 00:28.160 And it grew up together with him and with his children, it did eat of his own meat, 00:28.400 --> 00:33.800 and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 00:34.720 --> 00:39.700 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own 00:39.700 --> 00:43.820 flock and of his own herd to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, 00:44.040 --> 00:48.720 but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 00:48.920 --> 00:53.020 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, 00:53.020 --> 00:58.080 As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die, and he shall 00:58.080 --> 01:02.500 restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 01:02.900 --> 01:08.380 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man, thus saith the Lord God of Israel. 01:08.780 --> 01:13.400 I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of 01:13.400 --> 01:18.360 Saul, and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, 01:18.540 --> 01:22.740 and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah, and if that had been too little, 01:23.280 --> 01:26.440 I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. 01:27.060 --> 01:30.720 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord to do evil in his 01:30.720 --> 01:31.100 sight? 01:31.600 --> 01:36.080 Thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be 01:36.080 --> 01:39.720 thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 01:40.300 --> 01:45.540 Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from thine house, because thou hast 01:45.540 --> 01:49.980 despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 01:50.720 --> 01:56.220 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own 01:56.220 --> 02:00.740 house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy 02:00.740 --> 02:05.780 neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun, for thou didst 02:05.780 --> 02:06.400 it secretly. 02:07.280 --> 02:11.580 But I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 02:11.860 --> 02:15.120 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. 02:15.500 --> 02:19.900 And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin. 02:20.600 --> 02:21.640 Thou shalt not die. 02:22.540 --> 02:27.300 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the 02:27.300 --> 02:32.340 Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. 02:32.600 --> 02:36.960 And Nathan departed unto his house, and the Lord struck the child that Uriah's 02:36.960 --> 02:39.440 wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 02:40.240 --> 02:44.600 David therefore besought God for the child, and David fasted, and went in, 02:44.660 --> 02:46.100 and lay all night upon the earth. 02:46.100 --> 02:50.300 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him to raise him up from the 02:50.300 --> 02:53.780 earth, but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 02:54.560 --> 02:59.480 And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died, and the servants of 02:59.480 --> 03:03.400 David feared to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, Behold, 03:03.560 --> 03:07.320 while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not 03:07.320 --> 03:08.460 hearken unto our voice. 03:09.160 --> 03:12.300 How will he then vex himself if we tell him that the child is dead? 03:12.540 --> 03:16.660 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child 03:16.660 --> 03:17.200 was dead. 03:17.840 --> 03:20.880 Therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? 03:21.080 --> 03:22.740 And they said, He is dead. 03:22.980 --> 03:26.300 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, 03:26.680 --> 03:30.380 and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped. 03:30.820 --> 03:34.540 Then he came to his own house, and when he required, they set bread 03:34.540 --> 03:35.840 before him, and he did eat. 03:36.460 --> 03:40.000 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? 03:40.280 --> 03:43.740 Thou didst fast, and weep for the child, while it was alive. 03:43.740 --> 03:47.600 But when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 03:47.820 --> 03:51.280 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept. 03:51.940 --> 03:55.700 For I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may 03:55.700 --> 03:56.000 live? 03:57.320 --> 03:59.500 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? 04:00.380 --> 04:01.520 Can I bring him back again? 04:02.360 --> 04:05.840 I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. 04:06.780 --> 04:11.240 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her. 04:11.240 --> 04:16.880 And she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon, and the Lord loved him. 04:17.480 --> 04:21.740 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name Jedediah, 04:22.000 --> 04:22.800 because of the Lord. 04:23.740 --> 04:27.500 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal 04:27.500 --> 04:27.820 city. 04:28.660 --> 04:32.800 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, 04:33.100 --> 04:34.720 and have taken the city of waters. 04:34.720 --> 04:39.640 Now therefore, gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the 04:39.640 --> 04:44.860 city, and take it, lest I take the city, and it be called after my name. 04:45.040 --> 04:48.840 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought 04:48.840 --> 04:50.140 against it, and took it. 04:50.460 --> 04:54.840 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent 04:54.840 --> 04:56.400 of gold with the precious stones. 04:56.740 --> 04:58.400 And it was set on David's head. 04:58.820 --> 05:01.940 And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance. 05:02.520 --> 05:06.560 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, 05:06.740 --> 05:11.000 and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the 05:11.000 --> 05:11.600 brick kiln. 05:12.140 --> 05:14.980 And thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. 05:15.240 --> 05:17.860 So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.