2 Samuel 12:15

15 Then Nathan went to his house, and Yahweh struck the child that the wife of Uriah bore for David, and he became ill.

2 Samuel 12:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 12:15

And Nathan departed unto his house
His own house, which probably was in the city of Jerusalem, having delivered his message, and brought David to a sense of his sin, and declared to him from the Lord the forgiveness of it; yet for the honour of religion, and the stopping of the mouths of blasphemers, the death of the child is threatened and foretold, and then Nathan took his leave of him, having nothing more from the Lord to say to him:

and the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David;
for so she was, and not David's wife, when this child was begotten of her; and, as a mark of God's displeasure at the sin of adultery, the child was struck with a sore disease by the immediate hand of God:

and it was very sick;
even unto death, as the event showed.

2 Samuel 12:15 In-Context

13 Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh!" Nathan said to David, "Yahweh has also forgiven your sin; you shall not die.

14 But because you have {utterly scorned} Yahweh in this matter, the son born for you {will certainly die}."

15 Then Nathan went to his house, and Yahweh struck the child that the wife of Uriah bore for David, and he became ill.

16 David pleaded [with] God on behalf of the boy and David fasted. He went to spend the night and lay upon the ground.

17 The elders of his household stood over him to lift him up from the ground, but he [was] not willing, and he did not eat [any] food with them.