14 However, because by this deed you have (A)given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die.” 15 So Nathan went to his house.

Loss of a Child

Then the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s [a]widow bore to David, so that he was very sick.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:15 Lit wife

14 But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for[a] the Lord,(A) the son born to you will die.”

15 After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck(B) the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:14 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text for the enemies of