II Samuel · Chapter 12 King James Version

II Samuel 12:9

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The Scripture

(9) Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
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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