2 Samuel 12:5 meaning and explanation

David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

2 Samuel 12:5, Berean Standard Bible

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Nathan has just told David a parable about a rich man who seized a poor man's only lamb to feed a guest. David, still the king and Israel's judge, hears the story as a case brought before him and erupts in anger, swearing by the living LORD that the offender deserves death.

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