2 Samuel 12:23

and now, he hath died, why [is] this — I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.'

Young's Literal Translation

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

22And he saith, 'While the lad is alive I have fasted, and weep, for I said, Who knoweth? — Jehovah doth pity me, and the lad hath lived;

24And David comforteth Bath-Sheba his wife, and goeth in unto her, and lieth with her, and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Solomon; and Jehovah hath loved him,

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Cross References

1 Kings 2:2'I am going in the way of all the earth, and thou hast been strong, and become a man,

Job 7:10He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.

Luke 23:43and Jesus said to him, 'Verily I say to thee, To-day with me thou shalt be in the 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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