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2 Samuel 12:14-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Samuel 12:14-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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) 16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.(C)
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- 12.14 Cn: Heb scorned the enemies of the Lord
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