2 Samuel 12:21
Then said his servants unto him, What thing this that you hast done? you didst fast and weep for the child, alive; but when the child was dead, you didst rise and eat bread.
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19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed , and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Yahuah, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing this that you hast done? you didst fast and weep for the child, alive; but when the child was dead, you didst rise and eat bread.
22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
23 But now he is dead, therefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.