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

³⁸ About ten days later, the Lord struck^(A) Nabal and he died.

²³ Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel^(A) of the Lord struck him down,^(B) and he was eaten by worms and died.

²⁰ Jeroboam did not regain power during the time of Abijah. And the Lord struck him down and he died.

⁵ The Lord afflicted^(A) the king with leprosy^[a] until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house.^[b](B) Jotham^(C) the king’s son had charge of the palace^(D) and governed the people of the land.

¹⁰ As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “the Lord himself will strike^(A) him, or his time^(B) will come and he will die,^(C) or he will go into battle and perish.