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12:12. For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight
of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun.
12:13. And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And
Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt
not die.
12:14. Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of
the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee,
shall surely die.
12:15. And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child
which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired
of.
12:16. And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast,
and going in by himself lay upon the ground.
12:17. And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the
ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.
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 when the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he
would not hearken to our voice: how much more will he afflict himself if
we tell him that the child is dead?
12:19. But when David saw his servants whispering, he understood that
the child was dead: and he said to his servants: Is the child dead? They
answered him He is dead.
12:20. Then David arose from the ground, and washed and anointed
himself: and when he had changed his apparel, he went into the house of
the Lord: and worshipped, and then he came into his own house, and he
called for bread, and ate.
12:21. And his servants said to 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 up, and eat bread.
12:22. And he said: While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept for
him: for I said: Who knoweth whether the Lord may not give him to me,
and the child may live?
12:23. But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Shall I be able to
bring him back any more? I shall go to him rather: but he shall not
return to me.
12:24. And David comforted Bethsabee his wife, and went in unto her, and
slept with her: and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon, and
the Lord loved him.
12:25. And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his
name, Amiable to the Lord, because the Lord loved him.
Amiable to the Lord... Or, beloved of the Lord. In Hebrew, Jedidiah.
12:26. And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and
laid close siege to the royal city.
12:27. And Joab sent messengers to David, saying: I have fought against
Rabbath, and the city of waters is about to be taken.
The city of waters... Rabbath the royal city of the Ammonites, was
called the city of waters, from being encompassed with waters.
12:28. Now therefore gather thou the rest of the people together, and
besiege the city and take it: lest when the city shall be wasted by me,
the victory be ascribed to my name.
12:29. Then David gathered all the people together, and went out against
Rabbath: and after fighting, he took it.
12:30. And he took the crown of their king from his head, the weight of
which was a talent of gold, set with most precious stones, and it was
put upon David's head, and the spoils of the city which were very great
he carried away.
12:31. And bringing forth the people thereof he sawed them, and drove
over them chariots armed with iron: and divided them with knives, and
made them pass through brickkilns: so did he to all the cities of the
children of Ammon: and David returned, with all the army to Jerusalem.
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