BRAGADAYJAH 937

BRAGADAYJAH 937

The Lord sent His Prophet Nathan to speak to David.

In any event, there was no doubt how the Lord felt about David’s action and his role in the death of Uriah. For the Lord sent Nathan to speak to David.  And Nathan said to David, “There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds; but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb which he had bought and nourished up, and it grew up together with him and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.  And there came a traveler 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 came unto him.” And David’s anger was greatly kindled against that man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord liveth the man that done this thing shall surely die.  And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he has done this thing, and because he had no pity.”  Then Nathan said unto 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.  And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy masters wives unto thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah  And if that had been too little I moreover would have given unto thee more of such things. Why therefore have you despised the commandments of the Lord to do evil in his sight? Thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword and has taken his wife to be your wife. And have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.”  (That was God’s verdict.  The punishment shall follow.)  

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