2 Samuel 12:14-16

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁴ However, because you treated^[a] the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son born to you will die.”^{(A) 15} Then Nathan went home.

The Death of Bathsheba’s Son

The Lord struck the baby that Uriah’s^(B) wife had borne to David, and he became deathly ill. ¹⁶ David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.^(C)