² “I lifted you up from the dust^(A) and appointed you ruler^(B) over my people Israel, but you followed the ways of Jeroboam and caused^(C) my people Israel to sin and to arouse my anger by their sins.

⁷ Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!^(A) This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed^(B) you^(C) king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. ⁸ I gave your master’s house to you,^(D) and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.