2 Samuel 12:16
David therefore besought Elohim for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
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14 Howbeit, because by this deed you hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Yahuah to blaspheme, the child also born unto you shall surely die.
15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Yahuah struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
16 David therefore besought Elohim for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
17 And the elders of his house arose, to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?