2 Samuel 12:22-23
12:22 He replied, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought, 1 ‘Perhaps 2 the Lord will show pity and the child will live.
12:23 But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!’”
1 tn Heb “said.”
2 tn Heb “Who knows?”