14 But because you have utterly scorned Yahweh in this matter, the son born for you will certainly die.”
15 Then Nathan went to his house, and Yahweh struck the child that the wife of Uriah bore for David, and he became ill.
16 David pleaded with God on behalf of the boy and David fasted. He went to spend the night and lay upon the ground.
17 The elders of his household stood over him to lift him up from the ground, but he was not willing, and he did not eat any food with them.
18 It happened on the seventh day that the child died, and the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, when the child was alive, we spoke to him, but he would not listen to our voice. How can we tell him, ‘The child is dead’? He may do something evil.”
19 When David saw that his servants were whispering together, he realized that the child was dead. Then David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” And they said, “He is dead.”
20 David stood up from the ground and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothing. Then he went to the house of Yahweh and worshiped, and he went to his own house. He asked, so they served him food, and he ate.