2 Samuel 12:14-16

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁴ However, because by this deed you have ^(A)given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die.” ¹⁵ So Nathan went to his house.

Loss of a Child

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