^{1 Ref} And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.

^{2 Ref} The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;

^{3 Ref} But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.

^{4 Ref} Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.

^{5 Ref} And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:

^{6 Ref} And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.

^{7 Ref} And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;