2 Samuel 12:13-24

13Then David said to Nathan, “1I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has 2allowed your sin to pass; you shall not die. 14However, since by this deed you have 3shown utter disrespect for the 4Lord, the child himself who is born to you shall certainly die.” 15Then Nathan went to his house.

Later the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s 5widow bore to David, so that he was very sick. 16David therefore pleaded with 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 help 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 David’s servants 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 9us. How then can we tell him that the child is dead, since he might do himself harm?” 19But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; so David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” And they said, “He is dead.” 20So David got up from the ground, 10washed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the Lord and 11worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and when he asked, they served him food, and he ate.

21Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was 12alive; but when the child died, you got up and ate food.” 22And he said, “While the child was still alive, 13I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘14Who knows, the Lord may be gracious to me, and the child may live.’ 23But now he has died; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? 15I am going to him, but 16he will not return to me.”

24Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and slept with her; and she gave birth to a son, and 1718he named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved him,