# 2 Samuel 12:3

> The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.

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- Book: [2 Samuel](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel)
- Chapter: [2 Samuel 12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12)
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But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.