13 Then David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also has taken away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
14 However, because by this deed, thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme; the son that is born unto thee shall surely die.
15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had given birth unto David, and it was very sick.
16 David, therefore, besought God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night upon the earth.
17 And the elders of his house arose and went to him to raise him up from the earth, but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
18 And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died. And the slaves of David feared to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice; how much more will it trouble him if we tell him that the child is dead?
19 But when David saw that his slaves whispered, David understood that the child was dead; therefore, David said unto his slaves, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.