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22 And he said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. For I said, ‘Who can tell whether God will have mercy on me, so that the child may live?’

23 “But now, being dead, why should I now fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.”

24 And David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and went into her, and lay with her. And she bore a son. And he called his name, Solomon. Also, the LORD loved him.

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