strkjv - 2Samuel:12:10-23

strkjv@2Samuel:12:10 @ Now therefore the sword shall never H5769depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

strkjv@2Samuel:12:11 @ 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.

strkjv@2Samuel:12:12 @ For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

strkjv@2Samuel:12:13 @ And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

strkjv@2Samuel:12:14 @ Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast givengreat occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

strkjv@2Samuel:12:15 @ And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriahs wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

strkjv@2Samuel:12:16 @ David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted , and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

strkjv@2Samuel:12:17 @ 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.

strkjv@2Samuel:12:18 @ And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

strkjv@2Samuel:12:19 @ But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

strkjv@2Samuel:12:20 @ Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

strkjv@2Samuel:12:21 @ Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

strkjv@2Samuel:12:22 @ And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

strkjv@2Samuel:12:23 @ But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.