But the poor man had nothing, save 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.
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Interpretation
God will not suffer his people to lie still in sin. By this parable Nathan drew from David a sentence against himself.
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This thought runs through 2 Samuel 12:2-6.