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2 Samuel 12:1

Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֧חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971 →
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
נָתָ֖ןna.TanNathanH5416 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
דָּוִ֑דda.VidDavidH1732 →
וַיָּבֹ֣אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935 →
אֵלָ֗יו'e.Lavto himH413 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
לוֹ֙loto <the> him
שְׁנֵ֣יshe.NeitwoH8147 →
אֲנָשִׁ֗ים'a.na.ShimmenH582 →
הָיוּ֙ha.Yuthey wereH1961 →
בְּעִ֣ירbe.'Irin a cityH5892 →
אֶחָ֔ת'e.ChatoneH259 →
אֶחָ֥ד'e.ChadoneH259 →
עָשִׁ֖יר'a.Shir[was] richH6223 →
וְאֶחָ֥דve.'e.Chadand oneH259 →
רָֽאשׁ׃Rash[was] poorH7326 →

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1 Kings 20:35–41Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.Psalms 51:1–19Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.Isaiah 39:3Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”2 Samuel 7:2he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”2 Chronicles 9:29As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?Isaiah 57:17–18I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.2 Samuel 7:17So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.2 Samuel 11:10–17And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”2 Kings 1:3But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’2 Samuel 14:14For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.Isaiah 5:1–7I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.1 Kings 13:1Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.Matthew 21:33–45Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.2 Samuel 7:1–5After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,2 Samuel 24:11–13When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:2 Samuel 11:25Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”2 Samuel 14:5–11“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.1 Kings 18:1After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”

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David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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