2 Samuel 12:7-23

7Then NathanH5416 saidH559 toH413 DavidH1732, “YouH859 are that manH376! This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, saysH559: ‘IH595 anointedH4886 you kingH4428 overH5921 IsraelH3478, and IH595 delivered youH5337 from the handH3027 of SaulH7586. 8I gaveH5414 your master’sH113 house to youH1004 and your master’sH113 wivesH802 into your armsH2436. I gaveH5414 you the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 and JudahH3063, and ifH518 that was not enoughH4592, I would have givenH3254 you even more.

9WhyH4069 then have you despisedH959 the commandH1697 of the LORDH3068 by doingH6213 evilH7451 in His sightH5869? You putH5221 UriahH223 the HittiteH2850 to the swordH2719 and tookH3947 his wifeH802 as your ownH802. You have slain himH2026 with the swordH2719 of the AmmonitesH1121H5983. 10Now, thereforeH6258, the swordH2719 will neverH3808H5704H5769 departH5493 from your houseH1004, becauseH6118H3588 you have despised MeH959 and have takenH3947 the wifeH802 of UriahH223 the HittiteH2850 to beH1961 your ownH802.’

11This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068H2005 saysH559: ‘I will raise upH6965 adversityH7451 against youH5921 from your own houseH1004. Before your very eyesH5869 I will takeH3947 your wivesH802 and give themH5414 to anotherH7453, and he will lieH7901 with themH5973 in broad daylightH802H5869H8121H2063. 12YouH859 have actedH6213 in secretH5643, but IH589 will doH6213 this thingH2088H5048 in broad daylightH8121 beforeH5048 allH3605 IsraelH3478.’”

13Then DavidH1732 saidH559 toH413 NathanH5416, “I have sinnedH2398 against the LORDH3068.”

“The LORDH3068 has taken awayH5674 your sinH2403,” NathanH5416 repliedH559. “You will notH3808 dieH4191. 14NeverthelessH657, becauseH3588 byH2088 this deedH1697H5006 you have shown utter contemptH5006 forH341 the word of the LORDH3068,1 the sonH1121 bornH3209 to you will surely dieH4191.”

15After NathanH5416H413 had goneH1980 homeH1004, the LORDH3068 struckH5062 the childH3206 thatH834 Uriah’sH223 wifeH802 had borneH3205 to DavidH1732, and he became illH605. 16DavidH1732 pleadedH1245 with GodH430 forH1157 the boyH5288. HeH1732 fastedH6684H6685 and went into his houseH935 and spent the nightH3885 lyingH7901 in sackcloth2 on the groundH776. 17The eldersH2205 of his householdH1004 stoodH6965 beside himH5921 to help him upH6965 fromH4480 the groundH776, but he was unwillingH3808H14 and would notH3808 eatH1254 anything with themH854H3899.

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On the seventhH7637 dayH3117 the childH3206 diedH4191. But David’sH1732 servantsH5650 were afraidH3372 to tellH5046 him thatH3588 the childH3206 was deadH4191, forH3588 they saidH559, “LookH2009H1961, while the childH3206 was aliveH2416, we spokeH1696 to himH413, and he would notH3808 listen to usH8085H6963. So howH349 can we tellH559 himH413 the childH3206 is deadH4191? He may even harm himselfH6213H7451.”

19When DavidH1732 sawH7200 thatH3588 his servantsH5650 were whispering to one anotherH3907, heH1732 perceivedH995 thatH3588 the childH3206 was deadH4191. So heH1732H413 askedH559 his servantsH5650, “Is the childH3206 deadH4191?”

“He is deadH4191,” they repliedH559.

20Then DavidH1732 got upH6965 from the groundH776, washedH7364 and anointed himselfH5480, changedH2498 his clothesH8071, and went intoH935 the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068 and worshipedH7812. Then he wentH935 toH413 his own houseH1004, and at his requestH7592 they setH7760 foodH3899 before him, and he ateH398.

21“WhatH4100 is thisH2088 you have doneH6213?” his servantsH5650H413 askedH559. “WhileH5668 the childH3206 was aliveH2416, you fastedH6684 and weptH1058, but whenH834 heH3206 diedH4191, you got upH6965 and ateH398H3899.”

22David answeredH559, “WhileH5750 the childH3206 was aliveH2416, I fastedH6684 and weptH1058, forH3588 I saidH559, ‘WhoH4310 knowsH3045? The LORDH3068 may be graciousH2603 to meH3206 and let him liveH2421.’ 23But nowH6258 that he is deadH4191, whyH4100H2088 should IH589 fastH6684? CanH3201 I bring him backH7725 againH5750? I willH589 goH1980 to himH413, but heH1931 will notH3808 returnH7725 to meH413.”