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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] He shall restore the ewe lamb fourfold because he has done this thing, and because he had no pity.”

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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”