David's first reaction after he had been rebuked by God through the prophet Nathan for his sin against Uriah and with Uriah's wife was to

• A beg for forgiveness
• B plead with God to preserve the life of his child by Uriah's wife
• C request that the punishment threatened by God would not come to pass
• D ask Nathan to beg Uriah's wife to pardon him
• E simply wait for whatever God would bring on him