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2 Samuel 12:23
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2 Samuel 12:23
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But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I'll go to him, but he will never return to me."
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His servants asked him, "What did you just do? While the baby was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate food."
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He answered, "While the baby was alive, I fasted and wept because I thought, 'Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let him live.'
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But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I'll go to him, but he will never return to me."
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Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba; he went and slept with her. She gave birth to a son and named him Solomon.The Lord loved him,
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and He sent [a message] through Nathan the prophet, who named him Jedidiah, because of the Lord.
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