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2 Samuel 12:15

2 Samuel 12:15 is verse 15 of 2 Samuel chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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.

World English Bible

Then Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he was very sick.

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2 Samuel 12:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

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.”

15 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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Hebrew words

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְand he went נָתָ֖ןNathan אֶלto בֵּית֑וֹhouse his וַיִּגֹּ֣ףand he struck יְהוָ֗הYahweh אֶת<obj.>הַיֶּ֜לֶדthe child אֲשֶׁ֨רwhom יָלְדָ֧הshe had borne אֵֽשֶׁת[the] wife of אוּרִיָּ֛הUriah לְדָוִ֖דto David וַיֵּאָנַֽשׁand he was sick

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

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.

1 Samuel 25:38
About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

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.

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.

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.

Psalms 104:29
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

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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