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2 Samuel 12:15

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Grief

13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”

After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

16 David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

17 The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

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BSB
After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
KJV
And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
WEB
Then Nathan departed to his house. The LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he was very sick.
ASV
And Nathan departed unto his house. And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah`s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
DARBY
And Nathan departed to his house. And Jehovah smote the child that Urijah's wife bore to David, and it became very sick.
BLB
And Nathan departed to his house. And YHWH struck the child that the wife of Uriah had borne to David, and he became ill.
ÅB
Så gikk Natan hjem igjen, og Herren slo barnet som David hadde fått med Urias hustru, så det ble meget sykt.
OTB
Så gikk Natan til sitt hus. Herren slo barnet som Urias enke hadde født til David, så det ble meget sykt.
B1930
Så gikk Natan hjem igjen, og Herren slo barnet som David hadde fått med Urias hustru, så det blev meget sykt.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 25:38

    About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

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  • Psalms 104:29

    When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

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  • 1 Samuel 26:10

    David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

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  • 2 Kings 15:5

    And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

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  • Acts 12:23

    Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

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  • 2 Chronicles 13:20

    Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.

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