2 Samuel 12:13-18

13Then David said to Nathan, “1I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has 23taken away your sin; you shall not die. 14However, because by this deed you have 4given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die.” 15So Nathan went to his house.

Then the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s 5widow bore to David, so that he was very sick. 16David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David 6fasted and went and 7lay all night on the ground. 178The elders of his household stood beside him in order to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them. 18Then it happened on the seventh day that the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Behold, while the child was still alive, we spoke to him and he did not listen to our voice. How then can we tell him that the child is dead, since he might do himself harm!”