2 Samuel 12:21

Then said his servants unto him, What is this thing that thou hast done? For the child’s sake, while living, thou didst fast and weep, but, as soon as the child was dead, thou didst arise and eat food.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

In Context

20Then David arose from the ground, and bathed and anointed, and changed his apparel, and, entering into the house of Yahweh, bowed himself down,—then came he into his own house, and asked, and they set before him food, and he did eat.

22And he said,—While yet the child lived, I fasted, and wept,—for I said—Who knoweth whether Yahweh may not grant me favour, and the child live?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:15But, the man of the spirit, on the one hand, examineth all things, but, on the other, he himself, by no one, is examined.

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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