Holy Scripture
2 Samuel 12:14
A church father on this verse
“If you like, however, I will give you further examples relating to our condition. Come then to the blessed David, and take him for your example of repentance. Great as he was, he suffered a fall. It was in the afternoon, after his siesta, that he took a turn on the housetop and saw by chance what stirred his human pas…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
14Only because thou hast given great occasion of provocation to the enemies of the Lord by this thing, thy son also that is born to thee shall surely die.
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In context
12For thou didst it secretly, but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and before this sun.
13And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, And the Lord has put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
— 2 Samuel 12:14 —
15And Nathan departed to his house. And the Lord smote the child, which the wife of Uriah the Hittite bore to David, and it was ill.
16And David inquired of God concerning the child, and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the ground.