ezekiel 47
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And it happened at the turn of the year, at the time kings go forth,
David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they destroyed
the sons of Ammon and circled Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
And it happened one evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the
roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing. And
the woman was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent and asked about
the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam,
the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David sent messengers and took her.
And she came in to him, and he lay with her. And she had purified herself
from her uncleanness. And she returned to her house. And the woman conceived,
and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. And David sent to Joab,
saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. And when
Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab did, and how the people did,
and how the war went. And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and
wash your feet. And Uriah left the king's house. And a gift from the king
went out after him. But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with
all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. And they
told David, saying, Uriah did not go to his house. And David said to Uriah,
Did you not come from a journey? Why have you not gone down to your house?
And Uriah said to David, The ark and Israel and Judah abide in tents. And
my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are camped in the open fields.
Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife?
As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing. And David
said to Uriah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you go. And
Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next day. And when David had
called him, he ate and drank before him. And he made him drunk. And at
evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but
he did not go down to his house. And it happened in the morning, David
wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. And he wrote in
the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and
draw back from him so that he may be stricken and die. And it happened
when Joab observed the city, he sent Uriah to a place where he knew brave
men were. And the men of the city went out and fought with Joab. And some
of the people of the servants of David fell. And Uriah the Hittite also
died. Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war.
And he commanded the messenger saying, When you have made an end of telling
the matters of the war to the king, and if it be so that the king's wrath
arise, and he say to you, Why did you approach so near to the city when
you fought? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall? Who struck
Abimelech the son of Jerub-besheth? Did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone
upon him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near
the wall? And you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
And the messenger departed, and came and told David all that Joab had sent
him to tell. And the messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed
against us, and came out to us to the field, and we were upon them even
to the entering of the gate. And the shooters shot from off the wall upon
your servants, and some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant
Uriah the Hittite is dead also. Then David said to the messenger, So you
shall say to Joab, Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours
one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city and
overthrow it. And you encourage him. And the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah
her husband was dead, and mourned for her husband. And when her mourning
was past, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife
and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the eyes
of Jahweh.
And Jahweh sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said to him,
There were two men in one city, one rich and one poor. The rich one had
exceeding many flocks and herds, but the poor one had nothing except one
little ewe lamb which he had bought and nourished up. And it grew up together
with him and with his sons. It ate of his own food and drank from his own
cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter. And there came
a traveler to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and
of his own herd to dress for the traveler that had come to him. But he
took the poor man's lamb and dressed it for the man who had come to him.
And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man. And he said to Nathan,
As Jahweh lives, the man who has done this shall surely die. And he shall
restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had
no pity. And Nathan said to David, You are the man! So says Jahweh God
of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of
the hand of Saul. And 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 was too little, I would have given to you such and such things
besides. Why have you despised the word of Jahweh, to do evil in His sight?
You have stricken Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his
wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of
Ammon. And therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because
you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be
your wife. So says Jahweh, Behold, I will raise up evil against you out
of your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes and give
them to your neighbor. And he shall lie with your wives in the sight of
this sun. For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all
Israel and before the sun. And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against
Jahweh. And Nathan said to David, Jahweh also has put away your sin; you
shall not die. Only, because by this deed you have given great occasion
to the enemies of Jahweh to blaspheme, this child born to you shall surely
die. And Nathan left to go to his house. And Jahweh struck the child that
Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick. And David prayed to God
for the child. And David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the
earth. And the elders of his house rose up toward to him, to raise him
up from the earth. But he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
And it happened on the seventh day, the child died. And the servants of
David feared to tell him that the child was dead. For they said, Behold,
while the child was still alive we spoke to him, and he would not listen
to our voice. How then will he trouble himself if we tell him that the
child is dead? But David saw that his servants whispered. And David understood
that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, Is the boy dead?
And they said, He is dead. And David arose from the earth and washed, and
anointed himself, and changed his clothing, and came into the house of
Jahweh and worshiped. And he came to his house, and commanded, and they
brought bread before him and he ate. Then his servants said to him, What
is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the living boy, but
when the child was dead you arose and ate bread! And he said, While the
child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who can tell if God
will be gracious to me so that the child may live? But now he is dead;
why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he
shall not return to me. And David comforted his wife Bathsheba. And he
went in to her and lay with her. And she bore a son. And he called his
name Solomon. And Jahweh loved him. And he sent by the hand of Nathan the
prophet, and he called his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah. ...
(in the book of Samuel)
ezekiel 47
...interesting site!