The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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2 Samuel 12:11 (KJV)
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
 
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[h=1](2 Samuel 12:13): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h][FONT=&quot]13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has taken away your sin; you shall not die.[/FONT]


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[FONT=&quot][h=1](2 Samuel 12:14): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h][FONT=&quot]14 However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die.”[/FONT]


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2 Samuel 12:18, "And on the seventh day it came to be that the child died. And the servants of Dawiḏ were afraid to inform him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was still alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to our voice. And how do we say to him that the child is dead? Then he shall do evil!”"
 
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2 Samuel 12:19
New International Version (NIV)


David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked.


“Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.”
 
(2 Samuel 12:20): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)

20 So David arose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he came into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he came to his own house, and when he requested, they set food before him and he ate.
 
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2 Samuel 12:21, "And his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept because of the living child, but when the child died, you rose up and ate food.”
 
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[h=1](2 Samuel 12:22): ...New International Version (NIV)[/h][FONT=&quot]22 He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’[/FONT]
 
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2 Samuel 12:24, "And Dawiḏ comforted Bathsheḇa his wife, and went in to her and lay with her. So she bore a son, and he called his name Shelomoh. And יהוה loved him,"
 
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2 Samuel 12:27, "And Yo’aḇ sent messengers to Dawiḏ, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, and I have captured the city’s water supply."
 
2 Samuel 12:28
New International Version (NIV)


Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will take the city, and it will be named after me.”