And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
Ver. 15. And the Lord struck the child.] As he might justly do, both for the corruption of nature wherein it was conceived Rom 5:14 - infants are no innocents - and for that children are a part of their parents, they are their goods.
And it was very sick.] The Vulgate hath it, He despaired: i.e., David despaired of the child's recovery by any natural means, only he would try what he could do by fasting and prayer, that best lever at a dead lift.