The Lord Has Taken Away Your Sin

2 Samuel 12:13b-31 

Key verse: 13b

Nathan replied, “The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.”

1. Read verses 13b-14. According to the LORD, what will and will not happen to David? (13b-14) What can we learn about the LORD? 

2. Read verses 15-20. What happened to his son after Nathan had gone home? (15) What did David do? (16-17) What happened on the seventh day? (18a) What did David’s attendants become afraid of and why? (18b) What did David do when he realized the reality? (19-20) 

3. Read verses 21-25. What did David’s attendants ask him? (21) What was his answer? (22-23) What does this show about David? What did David do for Bathsheba? (24) How did the LORD show love for the child? (25)

 

4. Read verses 26-31. What was Joab doing meanwhile? (26) What did Joab ask David to do and why? (27-28) How did David respond? (29) What did David do with the plunder and the people? (30-31)