7 "You are that man!" Nathan told David. "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I anointed you king of Israel, and I saved you from Saul. 9 So why have you treated what the Lord said with contempt by doing evil in his sight? You killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword and stole his wife—you killed him using the sword of the Ammonites. 10 So your descendants will always face the sword12:10. "Sword" used in these verses refers to any kind of violent death. that kills because you treated me with contempt and stole Uriah’s wife.
13 David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord."
"The Lord has forgiven your sins. You’re not going to die," Nathan replied. 14 "But because by doing this you have treated the Lord with complete contempt, the son you have will die."