The record of king David's loss of his baby is helpful reading; 2 Sam. 12:15-24 records how David prayed hard for the child while it was alive, but he realistically accepted the finality of its death: "While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back again?...he shall not return to me".
Taarifa ya mfalme Daudi ya kupotewa na mtoto wake katika kuisoma inasaidia; 2 Sam. 12: 15 -24 habari imetolewa jinsi Daudi alivyoomba kwa bidii kwa ajili ya mtoto wakati akiwa hai, lakini akakubali mwisho wa kifo chake kuwa kilikuwa kitokee tu: "Mtoto alipokuwa hai, nalifunga, nikalia: kwa maana nalisema, Ni nani ajuaye kwamba Bwana atanihurumia, mtoto apate kuishi?. Lakini sasa amekufa nifungie nini? Je! naweza kumrudisha tena? ….. Hatanirudia mimi".