2 Samuel 12:15-17

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¹⁵ Then Nathan went home.

David’s Infant Son Dies

After this, the Lord afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife had born to David, and the child^[a] became very ill. ¹⁶ David begged God on behalf of the youngster. He^[b] fasted, went inside, and spent the night lying on the ground. ¹⁷ His closest advisors at the palace^[c] got up, remained with him, and tried to help him get up from the ground, but he would not do so. He also wouldn’t eat with them.