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14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord,[a] the child born to you shall die.”(A) 15 Then Nathan went to his house.

Bathsheba’s Child Dies

The Lord struck the child whom Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it became very ill.(B)

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  1. 12.14 Cn: Heb scorned the enemies of the Lord

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