2 Samuel 12:23

But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

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In The King James Version

But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

In Context

22He said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether the LORD will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’

24David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. The LORD loved him;

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Cross References

1 Kings 2:2“I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;

Job 7:10He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him any more.

Luke 23:43Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 12:16-26

David's Humiliation; Birth of Solomon. ( b. c. 1036.) 15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of… Read the whole commentary →

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