David said to the messenger, “Give this message to Joab: ‘Don’t be too upset about this. A sword can kill one person as well as the next. Make a stronger attack against Rabbah and you will win.’ Encourage Joab with these words.”
2 Samuel 12:1 - Easy To Read Version The Lord sent Nathan to David. Nathan went to David. Nathan said, “There were two men in a city. One man was rich. But the other man was poor. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AND THE Lord sent Nathan to David. He came and said to him, There were two men in a city, one rich and the other poor. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. Common English Bible So the LORD sent Nathan to David. When Nathan arrived he said, “There were two men in the same city, one rich, one poor. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And when he had come to him, he said to him: "Two men were in one city: one wealthy, and the other poor. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And when he was come to him he said to him: There were two men in one city, the one rich, and the other poor. |
David said to the messenger, “Give this message to Joab: ‘Don’t be too upset about this. A sword can kill one person as well as the next. Make a stronger attack against Rabbah and you will win.’ Encourage Joab with these words.”
We will all die some day. We will be like water that is spilled on the ground. No person can gather this water back from the ground. You know God forgives people. God made plans for people who are forced to run away for safety—God doesn’t force them to run away from him!
Nathan told David about that vision. [52] He told David everything God had said.
But several men did not agree with what Adonijah was doing. These men remained loyal to David. They were Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and King David’s special guard. [1] So these men did not join with Adonijah.
The Lord commanded a man of God [160] from Judah to go to the city of Bethel. King Jeroboam was standing at the altar offering incense when the man of God arrived.
During the third year that no rain fell, the Lord said to Elijah, “Go and meet with King Ahab. I will soon send rain.”
“Go to King Ahab in Samaria. Ahab will be at Naboth’s field of grapes. He is there to take the field as his own.
Azariah son of Nathan. Azariah was in charge of the district governors.
But the Lord’s angel said to Elijah the Tishbite, “King Ahaziah has sent some messengers from Samaria. Go meet those men. Say to them, ‘There is a God in Israel! So why are you men going to ask questions from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
The things that King David did, from beginning to end, are in the books written by Samuel the seer, {\cf2\super [330]} Nathan the prophet {\cf2\super [331]} , and Gad the seer.
Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say? Where did they come from?”