2 Samuel 12:15

15 Et Nathan retourna dans sa maison. Et l'Éternel frappa l'enfant que la femme d'Urie avait enfanté à David, et il devint fort malade;

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 Alors David dit à Nathan: J'ai péché contre l'Éternel! Et Nathan dit à David: Aussi l'Éternel a fait passer ton péché; tu ne mourras point;
14 Toutefois, parce qu'en cela tu as donné occasion aux ennemis de l'Éternel de blasphémer, le fils qui t'est né mourra certainement.
15 Et Nathan retourna dans sa maison. Et l'Éternel frappa l'enfant que la femme d'Urie avait enfanté à David, et il devint fort malade;
16 Et David pria Dieu pour l'enfant, et David jeûna; puis il rentra et passa la nuit couché sur la terre.
17 Et les anciens de sa maison se levèrent et vinrent vers lui pour le faire lever de terre; mais il ne le voulut point, et ne mangea point avec eux.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.