22. David answered:While he was still alive, I went without food and cried because there was still hope. I said to myself, “Who knows? Perhaps the Lord will have pity on me and let the child live.”
23. But now that he's dead, why should I go without eating? I can't bring him back! Some day I will join him in death, but he can't return to me.
24. David comforted his wife Bathsheba and slept with her. Later on, she gave birth to another son and named him Solomon. The Lord loved Solomon
25. and sent Nathan the prophet to tell David, “The Lord will call him Jedidiah.”