12. For you acted secretly. But I will do this word in the sight of all of Israel, and in the sight of the sun.' "
13. And David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." And Nathan said to David: "The Lord has also taken away your sin. You shall not die.
14. Yet truly, because you have given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, because of this word, the son who was born to you: dying he shall die."
15. And Nathan returned to his own house. And the Lord struck the little one, whom the wife of Uriah had borne to David, and he was despaired of.
16. And David begged the Lord on behalf of the little one. And David fasted strictly, and entering alone, he lay upon the ground.
17. Then the elders of his house came, urging him to rise up from the ground. And he was not willing, nor would he eat a meal with them.
18. Then, on the seventh day, it happened that the infant died. And the servants of David were afraid to report to him that the little one had died. For they said: "Behold, when the child was still alive, we were speaking to him, but he would not listen to our voice. How much more will he afflict himself, if we tell him that the boy is dead?"