in the circumstances, the site in the circumstances, the siblings in the circumstances, and the sovereign in the circumstances. “David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her; and she bore a son … Solomon” (2 Samuel 12:24). The “comforted” in this text tells us there was some sorrow in the circumstances. And what was the sorrow? The sorrow was the death of the child that had been conceived by the adulterous act of David and Bathsheba.