Today is the 27th day of May. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. Brian, it's wonderful

to be here with you today as we bring to a close another one of our weeks together

and just keep taking steps forward together as we continue the journey through this year

and through the scriptures together. So let's dive in. We've been reading from the book of

Second Samuel and immersing ourselves in the reign of King David at this point. And yesterday we

saw David in a different light. We've seen his character and we've seen what kind of a man that he

is, but now that he's established as the king, we've seen him take another man's wife and have that man

killed and that man happened to be one of his most loyal elite soldiers. And so David is trying to do

a big cover up and the cover up has resulted in death and mayhem and so this is where we pick up

the story. Second Samuel, Chapter 12

The Eternal One sent the prophet Nathan to visit David. Nathan came to him and told him a story.

Two men lived in the same city. One was quite rich and the other quite poor. The rich man's wealth

included livestock with many flocks and herds, but the poor man owned only one little Eulam.

He bought it and raised it in his family with his children like a pat.

He used to eat what little food he had, drink from his meager cup and snuggle against him,

and was like a daughter to him. Now a traveler came to the city to visit the rich man.

To offer a proper welcome, the rich man knew he needed to fix a meal, but he did not want to take

one of the animals from his flocks and herds. So instead he stole the poor man's Eulam and had it

killed and cooked for his guest. Nathan stood back waiting for the king's verdict.

David grew very angry at the rich man. It was his royal duty to protect the poor and establish

justice. David said, as the Eternal One lives, the rich man who did this deserves to die.

At the least he will restore that lamb four times over because he acted without pity.

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