II Samuel 12:21
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(21) Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Nathan confronted David with the parable of the poor man's ewe lamb, exposing his sin with Bathsheba and Uriah, and David repented though the child born to them died. Bathsheba later bore Solomon, and Joab and David together completed the capture of the Ammonite city of Rabbah.
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