19. And David seeth that his servants are whispering, and David understandeth that the lad is dead, and David saith unto his servants, `Is the lad dead?' and they say, `Dead.'
20. And David riseth from the earth, and doth bathe and anoint [himself], and changeth his raiment, and cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and boweth himself, and cometh unto his house, and asketh and they place for him bread, and he eateth.
21. And his servants say unto him, `What [is] this thing thou hast done? because of the living lad thou hast fasted and dost weep, and when the lad is dead thou hast risen and dost eat bread.'
22. And he saith, `While the lad is alive I have fasted, and weep, for I said, Who knoweth? --Jehovah doth pity me, and the lad hath lived;
23. and now, he hath died, why [is] this--I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.'
24. And David comforteth Bath-Sheba his wife, and goeth in unto her, and lieth with her, and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Solomon; and Jehovah hath loved him,
25. and sendeth by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and calleth his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah.
26. And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,
27. and Joab sendeth messengers unto David, and saith, `I have fought against Rabbah--also I have captured the city of waters;
28. and now, gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and capture it, lest I capture the city, and my name hath been called upon it.'
29. And David gathereth all the people, and goeth to Rabbah, and fighteth against it, and captureth it;
30. and he taketh the crown of their king from off his head, and its weight [is] a talent of gold, and precious stones, and it is on the head of David; and the spoil of the city he hath brought out, very much;
31. and the people who [are] in it he hath brought out, and setteth to the saw, and to cutting instruments of iron, and to axes of iron, and hath caused them to pass over into the brickkiln; and so he doth to all the cities of the Bene-Ammon;and David turneth back, and all the people, to Jerusalem.