1Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.stylusPsalms 51:1, Psalms 51:19, 1 Kings 20:35, 1 Kings 20:41, Psalms 51:12The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,stylusJob 1:3, 2 Samuel 3:2, 2 Samuel 3:5, 2 Samuel 12:8, 2 Samuel 15:163but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.stylus2 Samuel 11:3, Micah 7:5, 2 Samuel 11:3, Micah 7:5, Deuteronomy 13:64Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”stylusJames 1:14, James 1:14, 2 Samuel 11:3, 2 Samuel 11:4, 2 Samuel 11:35David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!stylusLuke 6:41, Luke 6:42, Luke 6:41, Luke 6:42, Genesis 38:246Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”stylusExodus 22:1, Exodus 22:1, Proverbs 6:31, Luke 19:8, Proverbs 6:317Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.stylusMatthew 14:14, Matthew 14:14, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:13, 2 Samuel 22:18I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.stylusPsalms 84:11, Psalms 84:11, Romans 8:32, 2 Samuel 9:7, Romans 8:329Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.stylus1 Samuel 15:19, 1 Samuel 15:19, Jeremiah 18:10, Amos 2:4, Psalms 139:110Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’stylusRomans 2:4, 2 Samuel 18:14, 2 Samuel 18:15, Matthew 26:52, Romans 2:411This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.stylus2 Samuel 16:21, 2 Samuel 16:22, 2 Samuel 16:21, 2 Samuel 16:22, Deuteronomy 28:3012You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”stylus2 Samuel 16:22, 2 Samuel 16:22, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Luke 12:1, Luke 12:213Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.stylusPsalms 51:4, 2 Samuel 24:10, Proverbs 28:13, Psalms 51:4, 2 Samuel 24:1014Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”stylusRomans 2:24, Romans 2:24, Isaiah 52:5, Isaiah 52:5, Hebrews 12:615After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.stylus1 Samuel 25:38, 1 Samuel 25:38, Psalms 104:29, Psalms 104:29, 1 Samuel 26:1016David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.stylus2 Samuel 13:31, 2 Samuel 13:31, Acts 9:9, Acts 9:9, 2 Samuel 12:2217The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.stylus2 Samuel 3:35, 2 Samuel 3:35, 1 Samuel 28:23, 1 Samuel 28:2318On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”stylusNumbers 20:15, Numbers 20:1519When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he perceived that the child was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.stylus20Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.stylusJob 1:20, Job 1:20, Ruth 3:3, Ruth 3:3, Lamentations 3:3921“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”stylus1 Corinthians 2:15, 1 Corinthians 2:1522David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’stylusIsaiah 38:5, Isaiah 38:1, Isaiah 38:3, Isaiah 38:5, Isaiah 38:123But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”stylusGenesis 37:35, Genesis 37:35, Job 30:23, Luke 23:43, Job 30:2324Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the childstylusMatthew 1:6, Matthew 1:6, 1 Chronicles 28:5, 1 Chronicles 28:6, 1 Chronicles 28:525and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.stylus2 Samuel 7:4, Nehemiah 13:26, 2 Samuel 7:4, Nehemiah 13:26, 1 Kings 1:1126Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.stylus1 Chronicles 20:1, 1 Chronicles 20:3, 1 Chronicles 20:1, 1 Chronicles 20:3, Deuteronomy 3:1127Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.stylus2 Samuel 11:1, Deuteronomy 3:11, Ezekiel 21:20, 2 Samuel 11:1, Deuteronomy 3:1128Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”stylusJohn 7:18, John 7:1829So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.stylus30Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.stylus1 Chronicles 20:2, 1 Chronicles 20:231David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.stylus1 Chronicles 20:3, 1 Chronicles 20:3, 2 Samuel 8:2, Psalms 21:8, Psalms 21:9