2 Samuel 12:15
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And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of.

struck the child

Deuteronomy 32:39 See ye that I alone am, and there is no other God besides me: I will kill and I will make to live: I will strike, and I will heal, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

1 Samuel 25:38 And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

1 Samuel 26:10 And David said: As the Lord liveth, unless the Lord shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go down to battle, and perish:

2 Kings 15:5 And the Lord struck the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in a free house apart: but Joatham, the king's son, governed the palace, and judged the people of the land.

2 Chronicles 13:20 And Jeroboam was not able to resist any more, in the days of Abia: and the Lord struck him, and he died.

Psalm 104:29 But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.

Acts 12:23 And forthwith an angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given the honour to God: and, being eaten up by worms, he gave up the ghost.

Context
David's Loss and Repentance
14Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee, shall surely die. 15And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of.16And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:14
Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee, shall surely die.

2 Samuel 12:16
And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground.

Lexicon
After Nathan
נָתָ֖ן (nā·ṯān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5416: Nathan -- the name of a number of Israelites

had gone
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

home,
בֵּית֑וֹ (bê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

the LORD
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

struck
וַיִּגֹּ֣ף (way·yig·gōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5062: To push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict

the child
הַיֶּ֜לֶד (hay·ye·leḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3206: Something born, a lad, offspring

that
אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

Uriah’s
אוּרִיָּ֛ה (’ū·rî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 223: Uriah -- 'flame of Yah', the name of a Hittite and of two Israelites

wife
אֵֽשֶׁת־ (’ê·šeṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

had borne
יָלְדָ֧ה (yā·lə·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

to David,
לְדָוִ֖ד (lə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

and he became ill.
וַיֵּאָנַֽשׁ׃ (way·yê·’ā·naš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 605: To be frail, feeble, melancholy


Additional Translations
After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.And Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.

And Nathan departed unto his house. And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

And Nathan departed to his house. And the Lord smote the child, which the wife of Urias the Chettite bore to David, and it was ill.

And Nathan departed to his house. And Jehovah smote the child that Urijah's wife bore to David, and it became very sick.

And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

And Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.

Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.

And Nathan goeth unto his house, and Jehovah smiteth the lad, whom the wife of Uriah hath born to David, and it is incurable;
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