2 Samuel 12:15-22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 12:17

2 Samuel 12:17. The elders of his house The chief officers of his kingdom and household. He would not This excessive mourning did not proceed simply from the fear of the loss of the child, but from a deep sense of his sin, and the divine displeasure manifested herein. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 12:18

2 Samuel 12:18. On the seventh day the child died The seventh from the beginning of the distemper. “Thus was the first instance of the divine vengeance for David’s guilt speedily and rigidly executed; other instances of it were fulfilled in their order, before his own eyes, as will abundantly appear in the sequel of this history; and the most dreadful of all the rest, The sword shall never depart from thy house, sadly and successively fulfilled in his posterity; from the death of Amnon,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 12:20

2 Samuel 12:20. David arose from the earth and changed his apparel Put off the habit of a mourner, and prepared himself to appear before God. And came into the house of the Lord That is, to the tabernacle, to confess his sin before the Lord, to own his justice in this stroke, to deprecate his just displeasure, to acknowledge God’s rich mercy in sparing his own life, and to offer such sacrifices as were required in such cases. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:1-31

11:1-20:26 CONFLICTS IN DAVID’S FAMILYDavid takes Bathsheba as wife (11:1-12:31)While the Israelite army was out fighting another battle against Ammon, David, back in Jerusalem, committed a series of sins that brought him sorrow and trouble for the rest of his life. To begin with, he was guilty of sexual immorality with Bathsheba, wife of Uriah, one of David’s top soldiers (11:1-5; cf. 23:39).On discovering that Bathsheba was pregnant, David thought of a plan to cover up his sin. He recalled... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 12:16

and . Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton in this verse. App-6 . fasted . Hebrew. fasted a fast = made a strict fast. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6 . lay all night upon the earth : as a penitent, with Psalms 51:0 for his utterance. Note his sitting before Jehovah as a worshipper, and his utterance (2 Samuel 7:18-29 ); and his standing as a servant (1 Chronicles 28:2 ), and his utterance and service (1 Chronicles 28:3 - 2Sa 29:21 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 12:22

Who can tell . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . GOD = Jehovah . App-4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:15

THE DEATH OF DAVID AND BATHSHEBA'S CHILD"And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it became sick. David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted and went in and lay all night upon the ground. And the elders of his house stood before him, to raise him up from the ground; but he would not, nor did he eat food with them. On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, `Behold, while the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 12:16

2 Samuel 12:16. David therefore besought God for the child— It may be thought surprising to see so wise a man as David fasting and mourning in this extraordinary manner for a child, who, being yet an infant, could not possibly have been endeared to him by any of those blandishments which so strongly fix the parental affections to their offspring; and who must moreover, if he should live, be a perpetual brand of infamy upon his parents. The true way of accounting for it is by ascribing it, as Le... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 12:18

2 Samuel 12:18. It came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died— Thus was the first instance of the divine vengeance upon David's guilt speedily and rigidly executed. Other instances of it were fulfilled in their order before his own eyes; and the dreadfullest of all the rest, the sword shall never depart from thine house, sadly and successively fulfilled in his posterity; from the death of Amnon by the order of his own brother, to the slaughter of the sons of Zedekiah by the king of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 12:15

15-23. the Lord struck the child . . . and it was very sick—The first visible chastisement inflicted on David appeared on the person of that child which was the evidence and monument of his guilt. His domestics were surprised at his conduct, and in explanation of its singularity, it is necessary to remark that the custom in the East is to leave the nearest relative of a deceased person to the full and undisturbed indulgence of his grief, till on the third or fourth day at farthest ( :-). Then... read more