--- title: "2 Samuel 12:7-19 KJV - \"And Nathan said to David, Thou art the...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered t\" — Read 2 Samuel 12:7-19 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/2-samuel/12/7-19" --- [ Read](/kjv/2-samuel/12)[ Commentary](/study/2-samuel/12)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/2-samuel/12) Audio ## 2 Samuel 12:7-19 in Context (Verses 4–22 KJV) [4 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/4) And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. [5 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/5) And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, *As* the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this *thing* shall surely die:* [6 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/6) And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. [7 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/7) ¶ And Nathan said to David, Thou *art* the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; [8 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/8) And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if *that had been* too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. [9 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/9) 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. [10 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/10) Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. [11 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/11) Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give *them* unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. [12 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/12) For thou didst *it* secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. [13 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/13) And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. [14 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/14) Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also *that is* born unto thee shall surely die. [15 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/15) ¶ And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. [16 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/16) David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.* [17 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/17) And the elders of his house arose, *and went* to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. [18 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/18) And it came to pass on the seventh day, that 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 yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?* [19 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/19) But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. [20 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/20) Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed *himself*, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. [21 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/21) Then said his servants unto him, What thing *is* this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, *while it was* alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. [22 ](/kjv/2-samuel/12/22) And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell *whether* GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 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