2 Samuel 12:21

New American Bible - revised edition

His servants said to him: “What is this you are doing? While the child was living, you fasted and wept and kept vigil; now that the child is dead, you rise and take food.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:20

Rising from the ground, David washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes. Then he went to the house of the Lord and worshiped. He returned to his own house and asked for food; they set it before him, and he ate.

2 Samuel 12:22

He replied: “While the child was living, I fasted and wept, thinking, ‘Who knows? The Lord may grant me the child’s life.’

2 Kings 20:3

“Ah, Lord, remember how faithfully and wholeheartedly I conducted myself in your presence, doing what was good in your sight!” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

1 Corinthians 2:15

The spiritual person, however, can judge everything but is not subject to judgment by anyone.