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.^(A)

³⁸ About ten days later the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

²³ And immediately, because he had not given the glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.^(A)

²⁰ Jeroboam did not recover his power in the days of Abijah; the Lord struck him down, and he died.^(A)

⁵ The Lord struck the king so that he had a defiling skin disease to the day of his death and lived in a separate house. Jotham the king’s son was in charge of the palace, governing the people of the land.^(A)

¹⁰ David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him down, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.^(A)