David's Grief in 2 Samuel 12:15–23
David pleaded for his son while there was still room to ask, and he stopped when death closed that door. His hope that he would go to the child is genuine, but it is the hope of a grieving father, not a map of heaven.
2 Samuel 12:22–23: David's Grief and the Child
David stopped fasting once the child died, saying he would go to the child but the child would not return. The verse gives genuine comfort without promising that every child who dies is in heaven.
Who Was Solomon's Mother? 2 Samuel 12:24
Solomon's mother was Bathsheba, and 2 Samuel 12:24 names her plainly as David's wife. The verse does not tidy the story; it sets the future king's birth inside the aftermath of sin, confession, and loss, then rests its weight on God's love for the child.