15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
15 After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
15 Then Nathan went to his house. And the Lord afflicted the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and he became sick.
15 After Nathan went home, God afflicted the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and he came down sick.
15 Then Nathan departed to his house.And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it became ill.
15 After Nathan returned to his home, the Lord sent a deadly illness to the child of David and Uriah's wife.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 12:15
Commentary on 2 Samuel 12:15-25
(Read 2 Samuel 12:15-25)
David now penned the 51st Psalm, in which, though he had been assured that his sin was pardoned, he prays earnestly for pardon, and greatly laments his sin. He was willing to bear the shame of it, to have it ever before him, to be continually upbraided with it. God gives us leave to be earnest with him in prayer for particular blessings, from trust in his power and general mercy, though we have no particular promise to build upon. David patiently submitted to the will of God in the death of one child, and God made up the loss to his advantage, in the birth of another. The way to have creature comforts continued or restored, or the loss made up some other way, is cheerfully to resign them to God. God, by his grace, particularly owned and favoured that son, and ordered him to be called Jedidiah, Beloved of the Lord. Our prayers for our children are graciously and as fully answered when some of them die in their infancy, for they are well taken care of, and when others live, "beloved of the Lord."