2 Samuel 12:16-19

16David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.

17The elders of his house stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

18On the seventh day the baby died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him the baby was dead. They said, “Look, while the baby was alive, we spoke to him, and he wouldn’t listen to us. So how can we tell him the baby is dead? He may do something desperate.”

19When David saw that his servants were whispering to each other, he guessed that the baby was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the baby dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.