2 Samuel 12:2 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

² The rich man had very many flocks and herds;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The rich man had very many flocks and herds,

American Standard Version (1901)

² The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds;

Common English Bible

² The rich man had a lot of sheep and cattle,

Catholic Public Domain Version

² The wealthy man had very many sheep and oxen.

2 Samuel 12:2 Cross References

Job 1:3

He had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and very many servants; so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.

2 Samuel 15:16

So the king left, followed by all his household, except ten concubines whom he left behind to look after the house.

2 Samuel 12:8

I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added as much more.

2 Samuel 12:1

and the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.

2 Samuel 12:3

but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. He brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children; it used to eat of his meager fare, and drink from his cup, and lie in his bosom, and it was like a daughter to him.