Explain why death is bad. Why is the death of that child wrong?
On what basis do you determine that the child's death was wrong?
My opinion on the Scriptural reason for the child’s death is that the child was a ‘type’ of the anti-christ. The picture here is that God could not allow him to become king over God’s people because that is not a true type of the Messiah.
Wives who commit adultery are a ‘type’ of humanity/Israel rejecting God as their husband in favor of a satanic relationship. Men who sleep with other men’ wives take the position of satan coming between the bride and her husband (God). Either way, the offspring of such relationships can never be a type of the Messiah.
God could not allow the child of an adulterous relationship to become king because that is a false ‘type’ of the coming Messiah. The child represented the seed of satan, the antichrist, which is born of satanic adultery by the wife (Israel), dies and does not become king of God’s people. Note that the child dies on the 7th day, representing the beast being cast into the lake of fire at the end of the 7-year tribulation period.
It is the second son of David and Batsheba (the second Adam, Messiah) who becomes King over God’s people forever.