BRAGADAYJAH 939
David’s Child Dies
Having told David what the Lord said, Nathan left and departed to his
own house. And the Lord struck the child that David had with Uriah’s wife, and
the child was very sick. David therefore
sought the Lord God for his child and fasted and lay all night on the earth,
and prayed and fasted. And the elders went in and tried to raise him up from
the earth; but he refused and would neither eat nor drink. And David remained
in that position for seven days. And on
the seventh day the child died. But David’s
servants were afraid to go to him and tell him of the child’s death. For, they reasoned it was difficult to talk
to him while the child was still alive, therefore how would he react to the
news that the child was dead? They
feared to tell him the news. But David heard them whispering and he guessed
that the child was dead. So he asked
them if the child was dead and they told him that he was. So then David arose
from the earth and washed himself, and anointed himself, and changed his
clothes, and went into the house of the Lord and worshipped. He then went to his own house, and then he
did eat. And he said, that while the child was yet alive, he fasted and wept;
for who could tell whether the Lord would be gracious to him and spare the
child. But since he is already dead why
should he fast? For said David, “I can
go to him; but he will not come back to me.” And David comforted Bathsheba his
wife and laid with her; and she bore a son, and David called his name Solomon. And the Lord loved Solomon. And the Lord sent
Nathan to visit the child, and he called his name Jedidiah, which means, “beloved
of the Lord.”
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