2. The rich man had exceeding many sheep and cows,
3. but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up, and it grew up together with him and with his children; it ate of his own food and drank of his own cup and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
4. And a traveller came unto the rich man, who did not wish to take of his own sheep and of his own cows to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man’s lamb and dressed it for the man that had come to him.
5. And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As the Lord lives, the man that has done this thing is worthy of death,
6. and he shall pay for the lamb fourfold because he did this thing and because he had no pity.
7. Then Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus hath said the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul,