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For over a year, David found himself out of communion with the Lord because of his sin against Uriah. Matthew Henry suggests:
During this time it was said of him, he wrote no psalms, his harp was out of tune, his soul was like a tree in winter, life in the roots only, but God was not through with David, so He sent the Prophet Nathan to talk to him.
Notice the words of Nathan: Two men, one rich and one poor. The rich man had many flocks, the poor man had but one little lamb. Now the rich man had a guest at his home but he was unwilling to kill one of his own sheep to feed the guest, instead he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it.
Notice how David responded: "The man who did this deserves to die." "He shall be made to restore the lamb 4 fold." Nathan replied, "You are the man."
Notice what would be David's punishment:
This brought David to repentance and God forgave him and let him live. But the child that Bathsheba bore David, became very ill and died. While the child lived, David fasted and laid all day and all night upon the ground but when the child died, he arose and washed, changed his cloths and ate. When the servants questioned him why he did this, he answered, revealing something of his wisdom, "While the child lived, I fasted, I wept, I prayed, for who knows if the Lord will be gracious, but now that he is dead, why should I fast? Will it bring him back again?" Now notice this, "I shall go to him, but he cannot return to me." It was upon this occasion that David wrote the 51 Psalm.
After this David went in to Bathsheba and comforted her and the Lord gave her another child, a son whom they named Solomon. David "nicknamed" him, Jedidiah, which meant, "Beloved of Jehovah".
The following is a list of David's 19 sons and their mother:
One daughter, Tamar by Maacah. This does not include the sons of his concubines.
Meanwhile, Joab and some of the forces of Israel had defeated the Ammonites at Rabbah, better known as Rabbath-ammon. This was the capitol city of Ammon. It was located on a tributary of the Jab-bok River that emptied into the Jordan River. It had, as indicated in the Living Bible, a beautiful harbor. Joab sent for David and David led the army into the capitol and captured it. Large amounts of loot were captured. He took the Kings crown, valued at a talent of gold ($50,000), and placed it on his own head. He made slaves of the Ammonites and then he returned to Jerusalem.
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