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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:15-25

Nathan, having delivered his message, staid not at court, but went home, probably to pray for David, to whom he had been preaching. God, in making use of him as an instrument to bring David to repentance, and as the herald both of mercy and judgment, put an honour upon the ministry, and magnified his word above all his name. David named one of his sons by Bath-sheba Nathan, in honour of this prophet (1 Chron. 3:5), and it was that son of whom Christ, the great prophet, lineally descended, Luke... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:21

Then said his servants unto him, what thing is this that thou hast done ?.... Or what is the reason of such conduct and behaviour? they knew what was done, but they did not know the meaning of it, which is what they inquired after: thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive ; prayed with fasting and weeping for it, that it might live and not die: but when the child was dead thou didst rise and eat bread ; and appeared cheerful; this seemed strange to them, when... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:22

And he said, while the child was yet alive ,.... And so there was hope it might be continued: I fasted and wept ; or sought the Lord by prayer, and fasting, and weeping, that the threatening might not take place, that the child's life might be spared: for I said ; within himself, thus he reasoned in his own mind: who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live ? and in hope of this he kept praying, fasting, and weeping; he could not tell but God might... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:23

But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ?.... And pray; it is to no purpose, no end can be thought to be answered by it: can I bring him back again ? from the state of the dead, bring him to life by fasting, and praying, and weeping; that is not to e expected: I shall go to him ; to the state of the dead, to the grave, where his body was, or would be; to heaven and eternal happiness, where his soul was, as he comfortably hoped and believed: from whence it appears, that the Old... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:22

Who can tell - David, and indeed all others under the Mosaic dispensation, were so satisfied that all God's threatenings and promises were conditional, that even in the most positive assertions relative to judgments, etc., they sought for a change of purpose. And notwithstanding the positive declaration of Nathan, relative to the death of the child, David sought for its life, not knowing but that might depend on some unexpressed condition, such as earnest prayer, fasting, humiliation,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:23

I shall go to him , but he shall not return to me - It is not clear whether David by this expressed his faith in the immortality of the soul; going to him may only mean, I also shall die, and be gathered to my fathers, as he is. But whether David expressed this or not, we know that the thing is true; and it is one of the most solid grounds of consolation to surviving friends that they shall by and by be joined to them in a state of conscious existence. This doctrine has... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:15-23

( THE PALACE AND THE TABERNACLE .) David's behaviour in affliction. In one of the chambers of David's palace his little child lies smitten with a fatal malady. In another the king, divested of his royal robes and clothed in sackcloth, prostrates himself in profound sorrow and abasement. He prays, weeps, fasts, and lies all night upon the ground. His oldest and most confidential servants endeavour to comfort him, and beseech him to take food, in vain. At length the blow falls;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:15-31

The facts are: 1 . The child born to David becoming very sick, he entreats God for its life by prayer and fasting. 2 . He persists in refusing the consolations which the elders of his household offer him. 3 . The child dying on the seventh day and David observing the whisperings of his servants, at once ascertains by direct inquiry the certainty of it. 4 . His servants noticing that, on ascertaining the fact of the child's death, he lays aside the tokens of grief and resumes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:22

God ; Hebrew, Jehovah, usually rendered "Lord." Similarly in Genesis 6:5 in the Authorized Version we find God in capital letters, as here, for the Hebrew Jehovah. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:22-23

An infant's illness and death. This part of the narrative introduces us to a spectacle which, in its main features, is common enough. A child sickening and dying, a parent striving with God in prayer and fasting for its life, but striving in vain. But there are peculiar circumstances here which give the scene a special interest. I. THE CHILD 'S FATAL SICKNESS . 1 . The cause of it. The sufferings and deaths of little children are painful to witness, and awaken many... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:15-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 12:23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:15-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:15-31

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:22

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:22-23

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