2 Samuel 12:21-25
2 Samuel 12:21
Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child died, you got up and ate food.”
2 Samuel 12:22
And he said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows, the Lord may be gracious to me, and the child may live.’
2 Samuel 12:23
But now he has died; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I am going to him, but he will not return to me.” Solomon Born
2 Samuel 12:24
Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and slept with her; and she gave birth to a son, and he named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved him,
2 Samuel 12:25
and sent word through Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah for the Lord’s sake. War Again