2 Samuel 12:7-23

7NathanH5416 then saidH559 to DavidH1732, “1You yourselfH859 are the manH376! ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478 saysH559: ‘2It is I who anointedH4886 you as kingH4428 overH5921 IsraelH3478, and it is I who rescuedH5337 you from the handH3027 of SaulH7586. 8I also gaveH5414 you 3your master’sH113 houseH1004 and put your master’sH113 wivesH802 4into your careH2436, and I gaveH5414 you the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 and JudahH3063; and ifH518 that had been tooH4592 littleH4592, I would have addedH3254 to you 5many more things like theseH2007! 9WhyH4069 6have you despisedH959 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068, by doingH6213 evilH7451 in His sightH5869? 7You have struckH5221 andH5221 killedH5221 UriahH223 the HittiteH2850 with the swordH2719, you 8have takenH3947 his wifeH802 as your wifeH802, and you have slaughteredH2026 him with the swordH2719 of the sonsH1121 of AmmonH5983. 10NowH6258 then, 9the swordH2719 shall neverH3808H5704H5769 leaveH5493 your houseH1004, becauseH6118H3588 you have despisedH959 Me and have takenH3947 the wifeH802 of UriahH223 the HittiteH2850 to be your wifeH802.’ 11ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559: ‘BeholdH2009, I am going to raiseH6965 upH6965 evilH7463 againstH5921 you from your own householdH1004; 10I will even takeH3947 your wivesH802 before your eyesH5869 and giveH5414 them to your companionH7453, and he will sleepH7901 with your wivesH802 in 11broadH5869 daylightH8121H2088. 12IndeedH3588, 12you didH6213 it secretlyH5643, but 13I will doH6213 thisH2088 thingH1697 beforeH5048 allH3605 IsraelH3478, and 14in openH5048 daylightH8121.’” 13Then DavidH1732 saidH559 to NathanH5416, “15I have sinnedH2398 against the LordH3068.” And NathanH5416 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “The LordH3068 alsoH1571 has 16allowedH5674 your sinH2403 toH5674 passH5674; you shall not dieH4191. 14HoweverH657, sinceH3588 by thisH2088 deedH1697 you have 17shownH5006 utterH5006 disrespectH5006 for the 18LordH3068, the childH1121 himselfH1571 who is bornH3209 to you shall certainlyH4191 dieH4191.” 15Then NathanH5416 wentH1980 to his houseH1004.

Later the LordH3068 struckH5062 the childH3206 that Uriah’sH223 19widowH802 boreH3205 to DavidH1732, so that he was very sickH605. 16DavidH1732 therefore pleadedH1245 with GodH430 for the childH5288; and DavidH1732 20fastedH6684H6685 and wentH935 and 21layH7901 allH3885 nightH3885 on the groundH776. 1722The eldersH2205 of his householdH1004 stoodH6965 besideH5921 him in order to helpH6965 him upH6965 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 David’sH1732 servantsH5650 wereH3372 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 23usH6963. 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 gotH6965 upH6965 from the groundH776, 24washedH7364, anointedH5480 himself, and changedH2498 his clothesH8071; and he wentH935 intoH935 the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 and 25worshipedH2331. Then he wentH935 to his own houseH1004, and when he askedH7592, they servedH7760 him foodH3899, and he ateH398.

21Then his servantsH5650 saidH559 to him, “WhatH4100 is thisH2088 thingH1697 that you have doneH6213? You fastedH6684 and weptH1058 for the childH3206 while he was 26aliveH2416; but whenH3512 the childH3206 diedH4191, you gotH6965 upH6965 and ateH398 foodH3899.” 22And he saidH559, “While the childH3206 was stillH5750 aliveH2416, 27I fastedH6684 and weptH1058; for I saidH559, ‘28WhoH4310 knowsH3045, the LordH3068 may beH2603 graciousH2603 to me, and the childH3206 may liveH2416.’ 23But nowH6258 he has diedH4191; whyH4100 should I fastH6684? CanH3201 I bringH7725 him backH7725 againH5750? 29I am goingH1980 to him, but 30he will not returnH7725 to me.”