2 Samuel 12:15
Then Nathan went to his home. The LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and the child became very ill.
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Referenced Verses
- 1 Sam 25:38 : 38 After about ten days the LORD struck Nabal down and he died.
- 1 Sam 26:10 : 10 David went on to say,“As the LORD lives, the LORD himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.
- 2 Kgs 15:5 : 5 The LORD afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.
- 2 Chr 13:20 : 20 Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. The LORD struck him down and he died.
- Ps 104:29 : 29 When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life’s breath, they die and return to dust.
- Acts 12:23 : 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- Deut 32:39 : 39 The Vindication of the Lord“See now that I, indeed I, am he!” says the LORD,“and there is no other god besides me. I kill and give life, I smash and I heal, and none can resist my power.
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- 2 Sam 12:9-146 verses85%
9Why have you shown contempt for the LORD’s decrees by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife to be your own wife! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
10So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’
11This is what the LORD has said:‘I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will go to bed with your wives in broad daylight!
12Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.’”
13Then David exclaimed to Nathan,“I have sinned against the LORD!” Nathan replied to David,“Yes, and the LORD has forgiven your sin. You are not going to die.
14Nonetheless, because you have treated the LORD with such contempt in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die.”
- 2 Sam 12:16-205 verses81%
16Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.
17The elders of his house stood over him and tried to lift him from the ground, but he was unwilling, and refused to eat food with them.
18On the seventh day the child died. But the servants of David were afraid to inform him that the child had died, for they said,“While the child was still alive he would not listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He will do himself harm!”
19When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he realized that the child was dead. So David asked his servants,“Is the child dead?” They replied,“Yes, he’s dead.”
20So David got up from the ground, bathed, put on oil, and changed his clothes. He went to the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then, when he entered his palace, he requested that food be brought to him, and he ate.
- 2 Sam 11:3-1513 verses78%
3So David sent someone to inquire about the woman. The messenger said,“Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
4David sent some messengers to get her. She came to him and he went to bed with her.(Now at that time she was in the process of purifying herself from her menstrual uncleanness.) Then she returned to her home.
5The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying,“I’m pregnant.”
6So David sent a message to Joab that said,“Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.
7When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going.
8Then David said to Uriah,“Go down to your home and relax.” When Uriah left the palace, the king sent a gift to him.
9But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.
10So they informed David,“Uriah has not gone down to his house.” So David said to Uriah,“Haven’t you just arrived from a journey? Why haven’t you gone down to your house?”
11Uriah replied to David,“The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord’s soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and go to bed with my wife? As surely as you are alive, I will not do this thing!”
12So David said to Uriah,“Stay here another day. Tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem both that day and the following one.
13Then David summoned him. He ate and drank with him, and got him drunk. But in the evening he went out to sleep on his bed with the servants of his lord; he did not go down to his own house.
14In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
15In the letter he wrote:“Station Uriah at the front in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed.”
- 2 Sam 11:25-273 verses77%
25David said to the messenger,“Tell Joab,‘Don’t let this thing upset you. There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. Press the battle against the city and conquer it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
26When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him.
27When the time of mourning passed, David had her brought to his palace. She became his wife and she bore him a son. But what David had done upset the LORD.
- 2 Sam 12:5-73 verses76%
5Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan,“As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
6Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”
7Nathan said to David,“You are that man! This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.
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3That night God told Nathan,
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1Nathan the Prophet Confronts David So the LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to David, Nathan said,“There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
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15Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.
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15Then David called one of the soldiers and said,“Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.
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12“As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.
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4That night the LORD’s message came to Nathan,
- 2 Sam 12:23-253 verses73%
23But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back at this point? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!’”
24So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He came to her and went to bed with her. Later she gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
25and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named Jedidiah for the LORD’s sake.
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17Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.
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38After about ten days the LORD struck Nabal down and he died.
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14So look, the LORD is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.
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17When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the LORD,“Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep– what have they done? Attack me and my family.”
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17So Jeroboam’s wife got up and went back to Tirzah. As she crossed the threshold of the house, the boy died.
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17After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.
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10David felt guilty after he had numbered the army. David said to the LORD,“I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, O LORD, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
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15During David’s campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.
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5He did this because David had done what he approved and had not disregarded any of his commandments his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.
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18After all this happened, the LORD afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease.
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17When the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, some of David’s soldiers fell in battle. Uriah the Hittite also died.