8. I gave you his kingdom and his wives. And I made you king of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you even more.
9. So why did you ignore the Lord’s command? Why did you do what he says is wrong? You killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites! And you took his wife to become your wife!
10. So there will always be people in your family who will be killed by a sword. This is because you showed that you did not respect me! And you took the wife of Uriah the Hittite!’
11. “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am bringing trouble to you from your own family. While you watch, I will take your wives from you. And I will give them to someone who is very close to you. He will have physical relations with your wives, and everyone will know it.
12. You had physical relations with Bathsheba in secret. But I will do this so all the people of Israel can see it.’”
13. Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”Nathan answered, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You will not die.
14. But what you did caused the Lord’s enemies to lose all respect for him. For this reason the son who was born to you will die.”
15. Then Nathan went home. And the Lord caused the son of David and Bathsheba, Uriah’s widow, to become very sick.