2 Samuel 12:7-23

7NathanH5416 then saidH559 to DavidH1732, “1You are the manH376! ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, ‘2It is I who anointedH4886 you kingH4428 overH5921 IsraelH3478 and it is I who deliveredH4672 you from the handH3027 of SaulH7586. 8I also gaveH5414 you 3your master’sH113 houseH1004 and your master’sH113 wivesH802 into your 4careH2436, and I gaveH5414 you the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 and JudahH3063; and ifH518 that had been too littleH4592, I would have addedH3254 to you many more things like theseH2007! 9WhyH4069 5have you despisedH959 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 by doingH6213 evilH7451 in His sightH5869? 6You have struckH5221 downH5221 UriahH223 the HittiteH2850 with the swordH2719, 7have takenH3947 his wifeH802 to be your wifeH802, and have killedH2026 him with the swordH2719 of the sonsH1121 of AmmonH5983. 10NowH6258 therefore, 8the swordH2719 shall neverH3808H5704H5769 departH5493 from your houseH1004, becauseH6118H3588 you have despisedH959 Me and have takenH3947 the wifeH802 of UriahH223 the HittiteH2850 to be your wifeH802.’ 11ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068, ‘BeholdH2009, I will raiseH6965 up evilH7463 againstH5921 you from your own householdH1004; 9I will even takeH3947 your wivesH802 before your eyesH5869 and giveH5414 them to your companionH7453, and he will lieH7901 with your wivesH802 in 10broadH5869 daylightH8121H2088. 12IndeedH3588 11you didH6213 it secretlyH5643, but 12I will doH6213 thisH2088 thingH1697 beforeH5048 allH3605 IsraelH3478, and 13underH5048 the sunH8121.’” 13Then DavidH1732 saidH559 to NathanH5416, “14I have sinnedH2398 against the LordH3068.” And NathanH5416 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “The LordH3068 alsoH1571 has 1516takenH5674 awayH5674 your sinH2403; you shall not dieH4191. 14HoweverH657, becauseH3588 by thisH2088 deedH1697 you have 17givenH5006 occasion to the enemiesH340 of the LordH3068 to blasphemeH5006, the childH1121 alsoH1571 that is bornH3209 to you shall surelyH4191 dieH4191.” 15So NathanH5416 wentH1980 to his houseH1004.

Then the LordH3068 struckH5062 the childH3206 that Uriah’sH223 18widowH802 boreH3205 to DavidH1732, so that he was very sickH605. 16DavidH1732 therefore inquiredH1245 of GodH430 for the childH5288; and DavidH1732 19fastedH6684H6685 and wentH935 and 20layH7901 all nightH3885 on the groundH776. 1721The eldersH2205 of his householdH1004 stoodH6965 besideH5921 him in order to raiseH6965 him up from the groundH776, but he was unwillingH3808H14 and would not eatH1262 foodH3899 with them. 18Then it happenedH1961 on the seventhH7637 dayH3117 that the childH3206 diedH4191. And the servantsH5650 of DavidH1732 were afraidH3372 to tellH5046 him that the childH3206 was deadH4191, for they saidH559, “BeholdH2009, while the childH3206 was still aliveH2416, we spokeH1696 to him and he did not listenH8085 to our voiceH6963. HowH349 then can we tellH559 him that the childH3206 is deadH4191, since he might doH6213 himself harmH7463!” 19But when DavidH1732 sawH7200 that his servantsH5650 were whisperingH3907 together, DavidH1732 perceivedH995 that the childH3206 was deadH4191; so DavidH1732 saidH559 to his servantsH5650, “Is the childH3206 deadH4191?” And they saidH559, “He is deadH4191.” 20So DavidH1732 aroseH6965 from the groundH776, 22washedH7364, anointedH5480 himself, and changedH2498 his clothesH8071; and he cameH935 into the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 and 23worshipedH7812. Then he cameH935 to his own houseH1004, and when he requestedH7592, they setH7760 foodH3899 before him and he ateH398.

21Then his servantsH5650 saidH559 to him, “WhatH4100 is thisH2088 thingH1697 that you have doneH6213? 24WhileH5668 the childH3206 was aliveH2416, you fastedH6684 and weptH1058; but whenH3512 the childH3206 diedH4191, you aroseH6965 and ateH398 foodH3899.” 22He saidH559, “While the childH3206 was still aliveH2416, 25I fastedH6684 and weptH1058; for I saidH559, ‘26WhoH4310 knowsH3045, the LordH3068 may be graciousH2603 to me, that the childH3206 may liveH2416.’ 23But nowH6258 he has diedH4191; whyH4100 should I fastH6684? CanH3201 I bringH7725 him backH7725 againH5750? 27I will goH1980 to him, but 28he will not returnH7725 to me.”