22 He said, “When the child was still alive, I fasted and I wept because I thought, ‘Who knows? Yahweh may have mercy on me that the child will live.’
23 But now he is dead. Why should I be fasting? Am I able to return him again? I am going to him, but he cannot return to me.”
24 David consoled Bathsheba his wife, and he went to her and slept with her. She bore a son, and he called him Solomon, and Yahweh loved him.
25 He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet, so he called him Jedidiah because of Yahweh.
26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and he captured the royal city.
27 Then Joab sent messengers to David and said, “We have fought against Rabbah, and we captured the city of the waters.
28 So then, gather the remainder of the army and encamp against the city and capture it, lest I capture the city and my name be proclaimed over it.”