2 Samuel 12:21-23

Darby Translation

²¹ And his servants said to him, What thing is this which thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child alive; but as soon as the child is dead, thou dost rise and eat bread.

²² And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I thought, Who knows? [perhaps] Jehovah will be gracious to me, that the child may live.

²³ But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.