2 Samuel 12:16-20 David therefore earnestly sought God in behalf of the boy,––and David kept a fast, and used to go in and pass the night, and lie upon the ground.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ David therefore earnestly sought God in behalf of the boy,––and David kept a fast, and used to go in and pass the night, and lie upon the ground. ¹⁷ And the elders of his house stood up over him, to raise him from the ground,––but he would not, neither would he eat food with them. ¹⁸ And it came to pass, on the seventh day, that the child died,––but the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead, for said they––Lo! while the child was living, we spake unto him, and he hearkened not unto our voice, how then can we say unto him, The child is dead, and so he do [himself] harm? ¹⁹ But, when David saw that his servants were whispering among themselves, then understood David that the child was dead,––and David said unto his servants––Is the child, dead? And they answered––Dead! ²⁰ Then David arose from the ground, and bathed and anointed, and changed his apparel, and, entering into the house of Yahweh, bowed himself down,––then came he into his own house, and asked, and they set before him food, and he did eat.