Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 7971 [e] וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח way-yiš-laḥ And sent Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 3068 [e] יְהוָ֛ה Yah-weh Yahweh N-proper-ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 5416 [e] נָתָ֖ן nā-ṯān Nathan N-proper-ms 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- to Prep 1732 [e] דָּוִ֑ד dā-wiḏ; David N-proper-ms 935 [e] וַיָּבֹ֣א way-yā-ḇō And he came Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 413 [e] אֵלָ֗יו ’ê-lāw, to him Prep | 3ms 559 [e] וַיֹּ֤אמֶר way-yō-mer and said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms   לוֹ֙ lōw to him Prep | 3ms 8147 [e] שְׁנֵ֣י šə-nê two Number-mdc 582 [e] אֲנָשִׁ֗ים ’ă-nā-šîm, men N-mp 1961 [e] הָיוּ֙ hā-yū there were V-Qal-Perf-3cp 5892 [e] בְּעִ֣יר bə-‘îr in city Prep-b | N-fs 259 [e] אֶחָ֔ת ’e-ḥāṯ, one Number-fs 259 [e] אֶחָ֥ד ’e-ḥāḏ one Number-ms 6223 [e] עָשִׁ֖יר ‘ā-šîr rich Adj-ms 259 [e] וְאֶחָ֥ד wə-’e-ḥāḏ and one Conj-w | Number-ms 7326 [e] רָֽאשׁ׃ rāš. poor V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said, "There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So the LORD sent Nathan to David. When he arrived, he said to him: There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

A.M.

2 Samuel 7:1-5 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD …

2 Samuel 24:11-13 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to …

1 Kings 13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of …

1 Kings 18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came …

2 Kings 1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go …

unto David

2 Samuel 11:10-17,25 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down to his …

2 Samuel 14:14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which …

Isaiah 57:17,18 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: …

he came

Psalm 51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving kindness…

There were. There is nothing in this parable which requires illustration. Its bent is evident; and it was wisely constructed, by not having too near a resemblance, to make David unwittingly pass sentence on himself. The parable was in David's hand what his own letter was in the hands of the brave Uriah. Nathan at length closed in with him in the application of it. In beginning with a parable he shewed his prudence, and great need there is of prudence in giving reproof; but now he speaks as an ambassador from God. He reminds David of the great things God had designed and done for him, and then charges him with a high contempt of the Divine authority, and threatens an entail of judgments upon his family for this sin. Those who despise the word and law of God, despise God himself, and will assuredly suffer for such contempt.

2 Samuel 14:5-11 And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed …

Judges 9:7-15 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of …

1 Kings 20:25-41 And number you an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for …

Isaiah 5:1-7 Now will I sing to my well beloved a song of my beloved touching …

Matthew 21:22-45 And all things, whatever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you …

Luke 15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

Luke 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine …

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