2 Samuel 12:13-18

13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Adonai.” Nathan replied to David, “Adonai also has made your sin pass away—you will not die.

14However, because by this deed you have made the enemies of Adonai greatly blaspheme, so even the child born to you will surely die.”

15Then Nathan went to his house. Then Adonai struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David and he became very sick.

16David therefore sought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the floor.

17The elders of his household stood beside him in order to get him up from the floor but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them.

18Then it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, “Behold, while the child was still alive, we spoke to him and he didn’t listen to our voice. So how can we tell him that the child is dead? He might do something terrible!”