2 Samuel 12:14-16

Contemporary English Version

^13-14David said, “I have disobeyed the Lord.”

“Yes, you have!” Nathan answered. “You showed you didn't care what the Lord wanted.^[a] He has forgiven you, and you won't die. But your newborn son will.” ¹⁵Then Nathan went back home.

David's Young Son Dies

The Lord made David's young son very sick.

¹⁶So David went without eating to show his sorrow, and he begged God to make the boy well. David would not sleep on his bed, but spent each night lying on the floor.

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Footnotes

12.13,14 what … wanted: One manuscript of one ancient translation; one Hebrew manuscript “what the Lord had said”; most Hebrew manuscripts “what the enemies of the Lord would think.”