2 Samuel 12:15

And Nathan departed to his house. And the Lord smote the child, which the wife of Uriah the Hittite bore to David, and it was ill.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

In Context

14Only because thou hast given great occasion of provocation to the enemies of the Lord by this thing, thy son also that is born to thee shall surely die.

16And David inquired of God concerning the child, and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the ground.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:39Behold, behold that I am he, 1 And there is no god beside me: 1 I kill, and I will make to live: 1 I will smite, and I will heal; 1 And there is none who shall deliver out of my hands. 1

1 Samuel 26:10And David said, As the Lord lives, if the Lord smite him not, or his day come and he die, or he go down to battle and be added to his fathers, do not so.

2 Chronicles 13:20And Jeroboam did not recover strength again all the days of Abijah: and the Lord smote him, and he died.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 12:2-15

Nathan's Parable; David's Repentance. ( b. c. 1036.) 1 And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And… Read the whole commentary →

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