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2 Samuel 12:15-23 -
The death of David's son.
2Sm.12.15-23
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When Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the boy whom Uriah's wife had borne to David, and he was very ill.
12
16
David prayed to God for the child; he fasted and went in and spent the night fasting, lying on the ground.
12
17
The older men of his household tried to get him to rise from the ground, but he refused and would eat no food with them.
12
18
On the seventh day the boy died, and David's servants were afraid to tell him. 'While the boy was alive,' they said, 'we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us; how can we now tell him that the boy is dead? He may do something desperate.'
12
19
But David saw his servants whispering among themselves and guessed that the boy was dead. He asked, 'Is the boy dead?', and they answered, 'He is dead.'
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Then David rose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and put on fresh clothes; he entered the house of the LORD and prostrated himself there. Then he went home, asked for food to be brought, and when it was ready, he ate it.
12
21
His servants asked him, 'What is this? While the boy lived you fasted and wept for him, but now that he is dead you rise up and eat.'
12
22
He answered, 'While the boy was still alive I fasted and wept, thinking, "It may be that the LORD will be gracious to me, and the boy may live."
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But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him; he will not come back to me.'
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