## Targum Jonathan on II Samuel Chapter 12

###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:1
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וּשְׁלַח יְיָ יַת נָתָן לְוַת דָוִד וַאֲתָא לְוָתֵיהּ וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ תְּרֵין גַבְרִין הֲווֹ בְקַרְתָּא חָדָא חַד עֲתִּירָא וְחַד מִסְכֵּינָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in a certain town, the one rich and the other poor.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:2
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לְעַתִּירָא הֲווֹ עָאן וְתוֹרִין סַגִי לַחֲדָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
The rich man had very large flocks and herds.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:3
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וּלְמִסְכֵּינָא לֵית כָּל מִדָעַם אֱלָהֵין אִמַרְתָּא חֲדָא זְעֵירָא דְזַבְּנָא וְקַיְימָהּ וּרְבַת עִמֵיהּ וְעִם בְּנוֹהִי כַּחֲדָא מִפִּתֵּיהּ אֲכָלַת וּמִכּוֹסֵיהּ שַׁתְיָא וּבְחֵיקֵיהּ שָׁכְבָא וַהֲוַת לֵיהּ כִּבְרַתָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But the poor man had nothing, except for one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he raised her and she grew up together with him and with his sons: it used to eat of his morsel, and used to drink from his cup, and used to lie in his bosom. It was like a daughter to him.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:4
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וַאֲתָא אוֹרְחָא לְגַבְרָא עַתִּירָא וְחַס לְמֵיסַב מֵעָנֵיהּ וּמִתּוֹרֵיהּ לְמֶעְבַּד לְאוֹרְחָא דַאֲתָא לֵיהּ וּנְסֵיב יַת אִמַרְתָּא דְגַבְרָא מִסְכֵּינָא וְעַבְדָהּ לְגַבְרָא דַאֲתָא לְוָתֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now there came a traveller to the rich man, and he thought it a pity that he should take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the traveller who had come to him. So he took the poor man’s lamb, and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:5
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וּתְקֵיף רוּגְזָא דְדָוִד בְּגַבְרָא לַחֲדָא וַאֲמַר לְנָתָן קַיָים הוּא יְיָ אֲרֵי גְבַר חַיַב קְטוֹל גַבְרָא דַעֲבַד דָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then David’s anger was very strong against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the LORD is the existing One, the man who has done this to that person deserves to die.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:6
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וְיַת אִמַרְתָּא יְשַׁלֵם עַל חַד אַרְבְּעָא חֲלַף דַעֲבַד יַת פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין וְעַל דְלָא חָס:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:7
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וַאֲמַר נָתָן לְדָוִד אַתְּ גַבְרָא כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲנָא מְשַׁחְתָּךְ לְמֶהֱוֵי מַלְכָּא עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל וַאֲנָא שֵׁיזַבְתָּךְ מִידָא דְשָׁאוּל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus said the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘I anointed you to be king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of Saul,


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:8
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וִיהָבֵית לָךְ יַת בֵּית רִבּוֹנָךְ וְיַת נְשֵׁי רִבּוֹנָךְ בְּחֵיקָךְ וִיהָבֵית לָךְ יַת בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוּדָה וְאִם זְעֵיר וְאוֹסִיף לָךְ כְּאִלֵין וּכְאִלֵין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
and I gave you your lord’s house, and your lord’s wives into your bosom, and I gave you the House of Israel and Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:9
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מָא דֵין בָּסַרְתָּא עַל פִּתְגָמָא דַייָ לְמֶעְבַּד דְבִישׁ קֳדָמוֹהִי יַת אוּרִיָה חִתָּאָה קְטַלְתָּא בְּחַרְבָּא וְיַת אִתְּתֵיהּ נְסִיבְתָּא לָךְ לְאִתּוּ וְיָתֵיהּ קְטַלְתָּא בְחַרְבָּא דִבְנֵי עַמוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Why then have you despised the word of the LORD to do what is evil before Me? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife. And you have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon,


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:10
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וּכְעַן לָא תִפְסוֹק חַרְבָּא מִן אֱנַשׁ בֵּיתָךְ עַד עַלְמָא חֲלָף דַאֲשַׁטְתַּנִי וּנְסֵבְתָּא יַת אִתַּת אוּרִיָה חִתָּאָה לְמֶהֱוֵי לָךְ לְאִתּוּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And now the sword shall never depart from the people of your house, because you have rejected Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:11
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כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ הָא אֲנָא מְקַיֵים עֲלָךְ בִּישָׁא מִבֵּיתָךְ וְאֶדְבַר יַת נְשָׁךְ לְעֵינָךְ וְאֶתֵּן לְחַבְרָךְ וְיִשְׁכּוֹב עִם נְשָׁךְ לְעֵינֵי שִׁמְשָׁא הָדָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Thus said the LORD, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbour, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:12
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אֲרֵי אַתְּ עֲבַדְתָּא בְסִתְרָא וַאֲנָא אַעְבֵּיד יַת פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין קֳדָם כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְקָבֵיל שִׁמְשָׁא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Because you did it secretly, I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:13
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְנָתָן חָבִית קֳדָם יְיָ וַאֲמַר נָתָן לְדָוִד אַף יְיָ אַעְבֵּר חוֹבָךְ לָא תְמוּת:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
David said to Nathan, “I am guilty before the LORD.” And Nathan said to David, “The LORD on his part has put away your guilt; you shall not die.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:14
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בְּרַם אֲרֵי מִפְתַּח פְּתַחְתָּא פּוּמָא דְסַנְאֵי עַמָא דַייָ בְּפִתְגָמָא הָדֵין אַף בְּרָא דְאִתְיְלִיד לָךְ מֵמַת יְמוּת:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Nevertheless, because by this thing you surely have opened the mouth of the enemies of the LORD’s people, also the son that is born to you shall surely die.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:15
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וַאֲזַל נָתָן לְבֵיתֵיהּ וּתְבַר יְיָ יַת רַבְיָא דִילִידַת אִתַּת אוּרִיָה לְדָוִד וְאִטְעַן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Nathan went to his house, and the LORD struck the boy that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he became severely ill.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:16
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וּבְעָא דָוִד רַחֲמִין מִן קֳדָם יְיָ עַל רַבְיָא וְצָם דָוִד צוֹמָא וְעַל וּבָת וּשְׁכִיב עַל אַרְעָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David sought favour from before the LORD on behalf of the boy. David fasted, and he went in, and spent the night lying on the ground.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:17
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וְקָמוּ סָבֵי בֵיתֵיהּ עֲלוֹהִי לַאֲקָמוּתֵיהּ מִן אַרְעָא וְלָא אֲבָא וְלָא אֲכָל עִמְהוֹן לַחְמָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground; but he would not, nor did he eat bread with them.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:18
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וַהֲוָה בְּיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה וּמִית רַבְיָא וּדְחִילוּ עַבְדֵי דָוִד לְחַוָאָה לֵיהּ אֲרֵי מִית רַבְיָא אֲרֵי אֲמַרוּ כַּד הֲוָה רַבְיָא קַיָם מַלֵילְנָא עִמֵיהּ וְלָא קַבֵּיל מִנָנָא וְאֵיכְדֵין נֵימַר לֵיהּ מִית רַבְיָא וְיַעְבֵּד בִּישָׁא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
On the seventh day the boy died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the boy was dead, for they said, “Behold, while the boy was yet alive, we spoke with him, and he did not accept anything from us. How then can we say to him the child is dead? He may do something evil.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:19
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וַחֲזָא דָוִד אֲרֵי עַבְדוֹהִי מְלַחֲשִׁין וּסְבַר דָוִד אֲרֵי מִית רַבְיָא וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְעַבְדוֹהִי הֲמִית רַבְיָא וַאֲמַרוּ מִית:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But when David saw that his servants were whispering, David perceived that the boy was dead. And David said to his servants, “The child is dead.” And they said, “He is dead.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:20
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וְקָם דָוִד מִן אַרְעָא וּמְשַׁח וְשַׁף וְשַׁנֵי כְּסוּתֵיהּ וְעַל לְבֵית מַקְדְשָׁא דַייָ וּסְגִיד וַאֲתָא לְבֵיתֵיהּ וּשְׁאֵיל וְשַׁוִיאוּ לֵיהּ לַחְמָא וַאֲכַל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then David arose from the ground, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothes. He went into the sanctuary of the LORD, and bowed down. He then went to his own house, and when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:21
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וַאֲמַרוּ עַבְדוֹהִי לֵיהּ מַה פִתְגָמָא הָדֵין דַעֲבַדְתָּא עַד דְרַבְיָא קַיָם צַמְתָּא וּבְכֵית וְכַד מִית רַבְיָא קַמְתָּא וַאֲכַלְתְּ לַחְמָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing you have done? As long as the boy was alive, you fasted and wept; but when the boy died, you arose and ate bread.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:22
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וַאֲמַר עַד דְרַבְיָא קַיָם צָמֵית וּבְכֵיתִי אֲרֵי אֲמַרִית מַן יְדַע דִלְמָא יִתְרְחֵים עֲלַי מִן קֳדָם יְיָ וְיֵחִי רַבְיָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
He said, “As long as the boy was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? Perhaps mercy will be shown over me from before the LORD that the boy may live.’


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:23
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וּכְעַן מִית לְמָא דְנַן אֲנָא צָאֵים הַאֵיכוּל לַאֲתָבוּתֵיהּ עוֹד אֲנָא אֵיזֵיל לְוָתֵיהּ וְהוּא לָא תָאֵב לְוָתִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And now he is dead. Why then should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:24
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וְנָחֵים דָוִד יַת בַּת שֶׁבַע אִתְּתֵיהּ וְעַל לְוָתָהּ וּשְׁכִיב עִמָהּ וִילֵידַת בַּר וּקְרַת יַת שְׁמֵיהּ שְׁלֹמֹה וַיָי רַחְמֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her, and lay with her. And she bore a son, and she called his name Solomon. And the LORD loved him,


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:25
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וּשְׁלַח בְּיַד נָתָן נְבִיָא וּקְרָא יַת שְׁמֵיהּ יְדִידְיָה בְּדִיל יְיָ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
and sent a message by Nathan the prophet, and he called his name Jedidiah, by order of the LORD.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:26
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וְאַגִיחַ קְרָבָא יוֹאָב בְּרַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמוֹן וּכְבַשׁ יַת קִרְיַת מַלְכוּתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now Joab waged war in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and he subdued the royal city.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:27
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וּשְׁלַח יוֹאָב אִזְגַדִין לְוַת דָוִד וַאֲמַר אַגָחִית קְרָבָא בְרַבָּה וְאַף כְּבָשִׁית יַת קִרְיַת מַלְכוּתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought in Rabbah; moreover, I have subdued the royal city.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:28
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וּכְעַן כְּנוֹשׁ יַת שְׁאַר עַמָא וּשְׁרֵי עַל קַרְתָּא וְכַבְּשָׁהּ דִלְמָא אֶכְבּוֹשׁ אֲנָא יַת קַרְתָּא וְיִתְקְרִי שְׁמִי עֲלָהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And now, gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and subdue it, lest I subdue the city, and my name be called over it.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:29
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וּכְנַשׁ דָוִד יַת כָּל עַמָא וַאֲזַל לְרַבַּת וְאַגִיחַ קְרָבָא בָהּ וְכַבְּשָׁהָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought in it, and subdued it.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:30
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וּנְסִיב יַת כְּלִילָא דְמַלְכְּהוֹן מֵעַל רֵישֵׁיהּ וּמַתְקְלָהּ כִּכְּרָא דְדַהֲבָא וּבָהּ אֲבַן טָבָא וַהֲוָה עַל רֵישָׁא דְדָוִד וַעֲדַת קַרְתָּא אַפֵיק סַגִי לַחֲדָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And he took the crown of their king from his head – the weight of it was a talent of gold, and on it was a fine stone – and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought the booty of the city, a very great amount.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 12:31
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וְיַת עַמָא דְבָהּ אַפֵּיק וּמְסַר יַתְהוֹן בִּמְסָרִין וּבְמוֹרִיגֵי פַרְזְלָא וּבְמִגְזְרֵי פַרְזְלָא וּגְרַר יַתְהוֹן בְּשׁוּקַיָא וְכֵן עֲבַד לְכָל קִירְוֵי בְנֵי עַמוֹן וְתַב דָוִד וְכָל עַמָא לִירוּשְׁלֵם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And he brought forth the people who were in it, andsawed them with saws and iron picks and iron axes, and he dragged them through the streets. And thus he would do to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.