14 However, since by this deed you have (A)shown utter disrespect for the [a]Lord, the child himself who is born to you shall certainly die.” 15 Then Nathan went to his house.

Loss of a Child

Later the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s [b]widow bore to David, so that he was very sick. 16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child; and David (B)fasted and went and (C)lay all night on the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:14 Lit enemies of the Lord (a euphemistic reference to God); DSS word of the Lord
  2. 2 Samuel 12:15 Lit wife

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