2 Samuel 12:23LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 23 of 31
"But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me."
In context
21Then said his servants unto him, What thing this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
22And 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?
23But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
24And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.