them. Here he comforted Bathsheba who was also sorrowing over the loss of the child. Bathsheba hurt just as badly as David did, if not more, because of the child’s sickness and death. The fact that David comforted her indicates that she was sorrowing. David needed to comfort Bathsheba, for she was sorrowing; and he was the one who could best comfort her because he had been involved with her in producing the child. In comforting Bathsheba when he had big troubles himself, David would learn that one