2 Samuel 12:1
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.
KJV
Misit ergo Dominus Nathan ad David : qui cum venisset ad eum, dixit ei : Duo viri erant in civitate una, unus dives, et alter pauper.
Vulgate
Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Κύριος τὸν Ναθὰν τὸν προφήτην πρὸς Δαυείδ, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δύο ἦσαν ἄνδρες ἐν πόλει μιᾷ, εἷς πλούσιος καὶ εἷς πένης.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֧ח יְהוָ֛ה אֶת נָתָ֖ן אֶל דָּוִ֑ד וַ/יָּבֹ֣א אֵלָ֗י/ו וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר ל/וֹ֙ שְׁנֵ֣י אֲנָשִׁ֗ים הָיוּ֙ בְּ/עִ֣יר אֶחָ֔ת אֶחָ֥ד עָשִׁ֖יר וְ/אֶחָ֥ד רָֽאשׁ
Hebrew
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Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The sins of the men of old time, which incurred the displeasure of God, were, by His providence, committed to writing, that we might derive instruction thereby, and not be filled with pride. We must not, therefore, infer that there was another God than He whom Christ preached; we should rather fear, lest the one and the same God who inflicted punishment on the ancients, should …
Chapter 1. Summary of the Foregoing Books, and Scope of that Which Follows. I. The man who fears God seeks diligently in Holy Scripture for a knowledge of His will. And when he has become meek through piety, so as to have no love of strife; when furnished also with a knowledge of languages, so as not to be stopped by unknown words and forms of speech, and with the knowledge of …
Covers David's reign: his lament over Saul and Jonathan, the capture of Jerusalem, the bringing of the Ark, the Davidic covenant, the sin with Bathsheba, Absalom's rebellion, and David's final years. Josephus treats David as both a military genius and a flawed ruler.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 29:29 — Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
- 1Kgs 20:35 — And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
- 2Chr 9:29 — Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Je
- 2Sam 7:2 — That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
- Isa 39:3 — Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Bab
- Matt 13:3 — And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
- Ps 51:1 — Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.