² “Since I ^(A)exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and ^(B)you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,

⁷ Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ^(A)‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. ⁸ And I gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more.