Hello, and welcome
back to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and today
we are going to read together in
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the book of 2nd Samuel. But
before we begin, let's pray.
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Dear God, we would ask
that you would please send your
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Holy Spirit to us now, so that
these words that we hear will be
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the lessons that you want for us
to learn and will be light and
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life in our heart to your
glory. We love you and thank you
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for loving us. Amen
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When we were last together,
David had sent word to Hanun
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son of Nahash, and told
him because your father showed
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kindness unto me, I also
will show kindness to you.
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We're going to pick up the
story in 2nd Samuel, chapter 10
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verse 3. -And the princes of
the children of Ammon said unto
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Hanun, their Lord, Thinkest thou
that David doth honor thy father
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that he hath sent comforters
unto thee? hath not David rather
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sent his servants unto thee
to search the city, and to spy
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it out, and to overthrow
it? Wherefore Hanun took David's
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servants, and shaved off the one
half of their beards and cut off
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their garments in the
middle, even to their buttocks,
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and sent them away. When they
told it unto David, he sent to
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meet them, because the
men were greatly ashamed:
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And the king said, Tarry
at Jericho until your beards
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be grown, and then return.
And when the children of Ammon
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saw that they stank before
David, the children of Ammon
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sent and hired the Syrians
of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of
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Zoba, 20,000 footmen, and
of king Maacah a thousand men,
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and of Ishtob 12,000 men.
And when David heard of it,
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he sent Joab, and all
the host of the mighty men.
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And the children of Ammon came
out, and put the battle in array
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at the entering in of the gate:
and the Syrians of Zoba and of
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Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah,
were by themselves in the field.
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When Joab saw that the front
of the battle was against him
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before and behind, he chose
of all the choice men of Israel,
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and put them in
array against the Syrians.
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And the rest of the people
he delivered into the hand of
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Abishai, his brother, that he
might put them in array against
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the children of Ammon. And
he said, If the Syrians be too
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strong for me, then thou shalt
help me: but if the children of
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Ammon be too strong for thee,
then I will come and help thee.
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Be of good courage, and let
us play the men for our people,
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and for the cities of our
God: and the Lord do that which
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seemeth him good. And Joab drew
nigh, and the people that were
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with him, unto the
battle against the Syrians:
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and thy fled before him. And
when the children of Ammon saw
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that the Syrians were fled, then
fled they also before Abishai,
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and entered into the city. So
Joab returned from the children
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of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem
and when the Syrians saw that
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they were smitten before
Israel, they gathered themselves
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together. And Hadarezer sent,
and brought out the Syrians
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that were beyond the river: and
they came to Helam; and Shobach
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the captain of the host of
Hadarezer went before them.
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And when it was told David,
he gathered all Israel together,
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and passed over Jordan, and
came to Helam. And the Syrians
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set themselves in array against
David, and fought with him.
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And the Syrians fled before
Israel; and David slew the men
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of 700 chariots of the
Syrians, and 40,000 horsemen,
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and smote Shobach the captain
of their host, who died there.
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And when all the kings that were
servants to Hadarezer saw that
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they were smitten before Israel,
they made peace with Israel,
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and served them. So the Syrians
feared to help the children of
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Ammon anymore. We're continuing
in the book of 2nd Samuel
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chapter 11. This is
the King James Version.
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And it came to pass, after the
year was expired, at the time
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when kings go forth to battle,
that David sent Joab, and his
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servants with him, and
all Israel; and they destroyed
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the children of
Ammon, and besieged Rabbah.
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But David tarried still at
Jerusalem. And it came to pass
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in an evening tide, that David
arose from off his bed, and
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walked upon the roof of the
King's house: and from the roof
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he saw a woman washing herself;
and the woman was very beautiful
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to look upon.
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And David sent and inquired
after the woman. And one said,
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Is not this Bathsheba, the
daughter of Eliam, the wife
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of Uriah the Hittite? And David
sent messengers, and took her;
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and she came in unto him,
and he lay with her; for she was
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purified from her uncleanness:
and she returned unto her house.
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And the woman conceived, and
sent and told David, and said,
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I am with child. And
David sent to Joab saying,
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Send me Uriah the Hittite.
And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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And when Uriah was come unto
him, David demanded of him how
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Joab did, and how the people
did and how the war prospered.
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And David said to Uriah, Go down
to thy house, and wash thy feet.
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And Uriah departed out of the
king's house, and there followed
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him a mess of meat from the
king. But Uriah slept at the
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door of the king's house with
all the servants of his lord,
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and went not down to his house.
And when they had told David,
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saying, Uriah went not down
unto his house, David said unto
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Uriah, Camest thou not from thy
journey? why then didst thou not
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go down unto thine house? And
Uriah said unto David, The ark,
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and Israel and Judah, abide
in tents; and my lord Joab,
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and the servants of my lord,
are encamped in the open fields;
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shall I then go into mine house
to eat and to drink and to lie
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with my wife? as thou
livest and as thy soul liveth,
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I will not do this thing. And
David said to Uriah, Tarry here
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today also, and tomorrow I will
let thee depart. So Uriah abode
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in Jerusalem that day, and
the morrow. And when David had
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called him, he did eat and drink
before him; and he made him
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drunk: and at even he went
out to lie on his bed with the
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servants of his lord, but
went not down to his house.
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And it came to pass in
the morning, that David wrote
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a letter to Joab, and sent it by
the hand of Uriah. And he wrote
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in the letter, saying, Set
ye Uriah in the forefront of the
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hottest battle, and retire ye
from him, that he may be smitten
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and die. And it came to pass,
when Joab observed the city,
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that he assigned Uriah unto a
place where he knew that valiant
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men were. And the men of the
city went out, and fought with
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Joab: and there fell some of the
people of the servants of David;
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and Uriah the Hittite died also.
Then Joab sent and told David
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all the things concerning the
war; and charged the messenger
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saying, When thou has made
an end of telling the matters of
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the war unto the king, and
if so be that the king's wrath
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arise, and he say unto
thee, Wherefore approached ye
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so nigh unto the city when ye
did fight? knew ye not that they
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would shoot from the wall?
Who smote Abimelech the son of
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Jerubbesheth? did not a woman
cast a piece of a millstone upon
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him from the wall, that he died
in Thebez? why went ye nigh the
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wall? then say thou, Thy servant
Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
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So the messenger went, and came
and shewed David all that Joab
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had sent him for. And the
messenger said unto David,
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Surely the men prevailed against
us, and came out unto us into
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the field, and we were
upon them even unto the entering
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of the gate. And the shooters
shot from off the wall upon thy
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servants; and some of the king's
servants be dead and thy servant
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Uriah the Hittite is dead
also. Then David said unto the
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messenger, Thus shalt thou say
unto Joab, Let not this thing
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displease thee, for the sword
devoureth one as well as another
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make thy battle more strong
against the city and overthrow
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it: and encourage thou
him. And when the wife of Uriah
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heard that Uriah her
husband was dead, she mourned
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for her husband. And when the
mourning was past, David sent
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and fetched her to his
house, and she became his wife,
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and bare him a son. But
the thing that David had done
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displeased the Lord.
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We'll continue now in
2nd Samuel chapter 12,
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This is the King James Version.
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And the Lord sent Nathan unto
David. And he came unto him,
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and said unto him, There
were two men in one city;
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the one rich, and the other
poor. The rich man had exceeding
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many flocks and herds: But
the poor man had nothing, save
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one little ewe lamb, which
he had bought and nourished up:
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and it grew up together
with him, and with his children;
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it did eat of his own meat,
and drank of his own cup, and
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lay in his bosom, and
was unto him as a daughter.
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And there came a traveler unto
the rich man, and he spared to
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take of his own flock and of
his own herd, to dress for the
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wayfaring man
that was come unto him;
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but took the poor man's
lamb, and dressed it for the man
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that was come to him.
And David's anger was greatly
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kindled against the man; and
he said to Nathan, As the Lord
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liveth, the man that hath done
this thing shall surely die:
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And he shall restore the lamb
fourfold, because he did this
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thing and because he had no
pity. And Nathan said to David,
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Thou art the man. Thus
saith the Lord God of Israel,
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I annointed thee king over
Israel, and I delivered thee
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out of the hand of Saul; And
I gave thee thy master's house,
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and thy master's wives
into thy bosom, and gave thee
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the house of Israel and of
Judah; and if that had been
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too little, I would
moreover have given unto thee
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such and such things.
Wherefore hast thou despised
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the commandment of the
Lord to do evil in his sight?
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thou hast killed Uriah
the Hittite with the sword,
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and hast taken his wife to
be thy wife, and hast slain him
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with the sword of the
children of Ammon. Now therefore
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the sword shall never depart
from thine house; because thou
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hast despised me, and hast taken
the wife of Uriah the Hittite to
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be thy wife. Thus saith the
Lord, Behold, I will raise up
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evil against thee out of thine
own house, and I will take thy
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wives before thine eyes,
and give them unto thy neighbor,
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and he shall lie with thy
wives in the sight of this sun.
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For thou didst it secretly:
but I will do this thing
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before all Israel, and before
the sun. And David said unto
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Nathan, I have sinned against
the Lord. And Nathan said unto
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David, The Lord also hath put
away thy sin; thou shalt not die
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Howbeit, because by this deed
thou hast given great occasion
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to the enemies of the Lord to
blaspheme, the child also that
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is born unto thee shall surely
die. And Nathan departed unto
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his house and the Lord struck
the child that Uriah's wife bare
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unto David, and it was very
sick. David therefore besought
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God for the child; and David
fasted, and went in, and lay
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all night upon the earth.
And elders of his house arose,
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and went to him, to raise him
up from the earth: but he would
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not, neither did he eat bread
with them. And it came to pass
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on the seventh day, that
the child died. And the servants
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of David feared to tell
him that the child was dead:
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for they said, Behold, while the
child was yet alive, we spake
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unto him, and he would
not hearken unto our voice:
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how will he then vex himself,
if we tell him that the child is
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dead? But when David saw that
his servants whispered, David
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perceived that the child was
dead: therefore David said unto
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his servants, Is the child
dead? And they said, He is dead.
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Then David arose from the earth,
and washed, and anointed himself
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and changed his apparel, and
came into the house of the Lord,
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and worshipped: then he came
to his own house; and when he
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required, they set bread
before him, and he did eat.
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Then said his servants unto him,
What thing is this that thou
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hast done? thou didst fast and
weep for the child, while it was
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alive; but when the child was
dead, thou didst rise and eat
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bread. And he said, While the
child was yet alive, I fasted
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and wept: for I said, Who
can tell whether God will be
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gracious to me, that the child
may live? But now he is dead,
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wherefore should I fast?
can I bring him back again?
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I shall go to him, but
he shall not return to me.
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And David comforted Bathsheba
his wife, and went in unto her,
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and lay with her: and she bare
a son, and he called his name
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Solomon: and the Lord loved
him. And he sent by the hand
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of Nathan the prophet; and
he called his name Jedidiah,
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because of the Lord. And Joab
fought against Rabbah of the
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children of Ammon, and took
the royal city. And Joab sent
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messengers to David, and said,
I have fought against Rabbah,
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and have taken the city of
waters. Now therefore gather
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of the rest of the people
together, and encamp against
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the city, and take it: lest I
take the city, and it me called
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after my name. And David
gathered all the people together
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and went to Rabbah, and
fought against it, and took it.
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And he took their king's crown
from off his head, the weight
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whereof was a talent of
gold with the precious stones:
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And it was set on David's head.
And he brought forth the spoil
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of the city in great abundance.
And he brought forth the people
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that were therein, and put them
under saws, and under harrows
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of iron, and under axes of
iron, and made them pass through
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the brickkiln: and thus
did he unto all the cities
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of the children of Ammon.
So David and all the people
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returned unto Jerusalem.
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Please join me again next time
when we read the word of God
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together. Until then may
God keep us all with His love
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and His grace.
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