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but the poor man had nothing except for one small ewe lamb which he had bought. He had nurtured her, and she grew up with him and with his children together. She used to eat from his morsel and drink from his cup, and she used to lie in his lap and became like a daughter for him. And a visitor came to the rich man, but he was reluctant[a] to take from his flocks or from his herds to prepare a meal for the traveler when he came to him. So he took the ewe lamb of the poor man and prepared it for the man who had come to him.” Then the anger of David was kindled[b] against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As Yahweh lives,[c] the man who has done this deserves to die![d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:4 Literally “felt sorry”
  2. 2 Samuel 12:5 Literally “the nose of David became very hot”
  3. 2 Samuel 12:5 Literally “The life of Yahweh”
  4. 2 Samuel 12:5 Literally “is a son of death”