2 Samuel 12:15-17

International Children’s Bible

¹⁵ Then Nathan went home. And the Lord caused the son of David and Bathsheba, Uriah’s widow, to become very sick. ¹⁶ David prayed to God for the baby. David refused to eat or drink. He went into his house and stayed there. He lay on the ground all night. ¹⁷ The elders of David’s family came to him. They tried to pull him up from the ground. But he refused to get up. And he refused to eat food with them.