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2 Samuel 11
²¹ Wasn’t Abimelech son of Gideon killed at Thebez by a woman who threw a millstone down on him from the wall? Why would you get so close to the wall?’ Then tell him, ‘Uriah the Hittite was killed, too.’”
²² So the messenger went to Jerusalem and gave a complete report to David.
²³ “The enemy came out against us in the open fields,” he said. “And as we chased them back to the city gate,
²⁴ the archers on the wall shot arrows at us. Some of the king’s men were killed, including Uriah the Hittite.”
²⁵ “Well, tell Joab not to be discouraged,” David said. “The sword devours this one today and that one tomorrow! Fight harder next time, and conquer the city!”
²⁶ When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
²⁷ When the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she became one of his wives. Then she gave birth to a son. But the LORD was displeased with what David had done.
2 Samuel 12
¹ So the LORD sent Nathan the prophet to tell David this story: “There were two men in a certain town. One was rich, and one was poor.
² The rich man owned a great many sheep and cattle.
³ The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man’s own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.
⁴ One day a guest arrived at the home of the rich man. But instead of killing an animal from his own flock or herd, he took the poor man’s lamb and killed it and prepared it for his guest.”