19. When David saw that his servants were whispering together, he realized that the child was dead. Then David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” And they said, “He is dead.”
20. David stood up from the ground and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothing. Then he went to the house of Yahweh and worshiped, and he went to his own house. He asked, so they served him food, and he ate.
21. Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept; now that the child has died, you get up and eat food!”
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.”