II Samuel - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 324
The History of the People of Israel
of Israel: ‘I consecrated you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul, and I gave you the palace of your Prince, and the wives of your Prince to your bosom, and I gave you the Houses of Israel and }udah,——·and I added por- tions to you from here and from there, So why have you despised the com- mandment of the EvER»L1v1NG by committing this sin in His sight You have cut off Uriah the Hitite by the sword, and have taken his wife to yourself as a wife, and have murdered him by the sword of the Beni~Amon ; so rrow the sword shaii not depart from your house for ever,—as a punishrnent—·—for you despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah, the Hitite, to be a wife for yourself l ‘Thus says the EVER-LIVING, ‘I
will raise against you outrage from your own family, and I will cause your wives to be taken in your sight, and given to your neighbour, and he shall ravish your wives in the sight of 16 18 this sun; for YOU have done it secretly; but I will effect this event in the presence of all Israel, and in the face of the sun ! Then David exclaimed to Nathan, I have sinned against the EVER- The EVER-
LIVING, also, will pardon your offence,—·—-you shall not die. However, since you have given occasion for the enemies ofthe Even-Livmo to libel, by this thing, the son that will be born to you will certainly die ! Nathan then went to his home. The EvaR—1.1v1No subsequently
struck the child which the wife of Uriah had borne to David, and it was mortal. David, however, entreated GOD on account of the child, and mourned, and slept on the ground, until the officers of his palace came to him, and took him up from the earth. But he would not be com- forted, and would not eat bread with them. At the end of seven days, SAMUEL.-——II. SAM. 12-29 however, the child died, but David’s officers feared to tell him that the they said ‘when the child was alive, and we spoke, he would not listen to our voice, therefore if we should say, l`he child is dead,’ he will do David, however, perceived that his
ministers were whispering, and David understood that the child was dead; so David asked his ministers, and they He has died} Then David arose from the ground,
and washed, and dressed, and changed his clothing, and went to the House of the Even-Lxvino, and worshipped; then he went to his palace, and asked for, and they offered him,food, and he ate. But his What a thing this is that you did on account ofthe child! You mourned and wept for him when alive,-—but now the child has died, you get up and eat bread l Whilst the
child was alive, I mourned and Who knows but the Evan-Livmo will pity me, and let the child live? But now he has died, ——why should I grieve? Am I ever able to bring him back to me? I shall go to him, but he will not David also com- forted Bathsheba his wife, and went to her and slept with her, and she bore a son and called his name Solomon} and the EvER·LIV1NG loved him; and sent by the means of Nathan the Reciter, and called his Pardoned by the Eva1z—r.1v11~1o.’ 20 21 22 Qual: captures the Genital uf the @2:11-3mmt, but smhx fur gahih in tak: tbz Snrtrzzs. joab, however, was warring with 26 the Beni—Amon at Rabah, and he captured the Royal City. So joab 27 I am lighting at Rabah, and have cap- tured the City of Waters, so now 28 collect the remainder of the forces, and come to the citadel to capture it, or I shall capture the citadel and they will fix my name upon it.’ David consequently collected the 29 1 The name in Hebrew means Pakcis, or Ri=ts·r.—-F. F,. 324
