II Samuel · Chapter 12 King James Version

II Samuel 12:4

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The Scripture

(4) And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Nathan confronted David with the parable of the poor man's ewe lamb, exposing his sin with Bathsheba and Uriah, and David repented though the child born to them died. Bathsheba later bore Solomon, and Joab and David together completed the capture of the Ammonite city of Rabbah.

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