22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted, and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will have mercy on me, that the child may live?

23 But now being dead, wherefore should I now fast? [a]Can I bring him again anymore? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

24 ¶ And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her, (A)and she bare a son, and [b]he called his name Solomon: also the Lord loved him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:23 By this consideration he appeased his sorrow.
  2. 2 Samuel 12:24 To wit, the Lord, 1 Chron. 22:9.

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