God is a forgiving God.

¹⁵ After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill. ¹⁶ David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth^[b] on the ground. ¹⁷ The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.

¹⁸ On the seventh day the child died. David’s attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, “While the child was still living, he wouldn’t listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate.”

¹⁹ David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked.
“Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.”

²⁰ Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.

²¹ His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”

²² He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’ ²³ But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
²⁴ Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him; ²⁵ and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.^[c].


We note something very special here. We notice in verse 15, "the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David" The bible recognizes that at this point of time, David was committing adultery. It was stated specifically Uriah's wife. The bible did not use Bathsheba. Uriah's wife was used to reference her. This is a very significant point. Because we see in verse 24, "Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba" Then here, it is recognized as David's wife. Then we continue on to 24, we see that "She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. THe LORD loved him; and because the LORD loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah." Then this is the mind blowing part. So God just killed the first son and loved the second son? Yes, He did. He killed the first son because he was the product of sin. But why him, not David?

For it is stated in the bible,
Exodus 20:5
⁵ You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

Our Children will bear the brunt of the sin, as much as us. So, we need to be very careful and mindful about this. 

But what we see that God is a forgiving God. He is so forgiving and he says

²⁵ “I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions, for my own sake,
    and remembers your sins no more.

It is so true that God is forgiving. He is and we need to remember that, He is forgiving to our sins.