2 Samuel 12:11

11 "Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; 1I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight *.

2 Samuel 12:11 In-Context

9 'Why have you despised the word of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.
10 'Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'
11 "Thus says the LORD , 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight .
12 'Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun.' "
13 Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD ." And Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has taken away your sin; you shall not die.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 28:30; 2 Samuel 16:21, 22

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "the sight of this sun"
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