2 Samuel 12:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

2 Samuel 12:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? (n) can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. (n) By this consideration he appeased his sorrow.
2 Samuel 12:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 12. David's Repentance. Capture of Rabbah (J). The section concerning Nathan ( 2 Samuel 12:1-15 a ) is sometimes regarded as a later addition by some one who was anxious to point out and...
2 Samuel 12:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I shall go to him . I shall die and be buried (Compare 2 Samuel 12:19 ): i, e.. shall go to the (not "a ") grave (Sheol). On the use of this Figure of speech Euphemy (App-6) as denoting death a...
2 Samuel 12:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me - It is not clear whether D...
2 Samuel 12:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? &c.— If David meant only that he should die, and go to the grave like his son, as some commentators explain this passage, the consolation which it conve...
2 Samuel 12:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Samuel 12:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David's Repentance and Pardon. The Capture of Rabbah 4. To dress for the wayfaring man] We may notice Eastern ideas of hospitality: cp. Genesis 18:3-5 .
2 Samuel 12:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I shall go to him. — As far as the mere words themselves are concerned, this might be taken as the expression of a Stoic’s comfort, “I shall go to the dead, but the dead will not come to me;” but D...
2 Samuel 12:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVI. PENITENCE AND CHASTISEMENT. 2 Samuel 12:13-25 . WHEN Nathan ended his message, plainly and strongly though he had spoken, David indicated no irritation, made no complaint against...
2 Samuel 12:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Accepting the Lord's Judgment 2 Samuel 12:15-31 When Nathan had gone, David beat out his brief confession into Psalms 51:1-19 . He knew that he was clean, because purged with hyssop, Exodus 1...
2 Samuel 12:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

A year passed away. The child of Bathsheba was born. We can imagine what that year had been to David. Bathsheba, whom in all probability he truly loved, was with him as his wife; but it is inevitable...
2 Samuel 12:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(19) But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. (20) Then David aro...
2 Samuel 12:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

FOUR DOCTRINES IN FIVE WORDS ‘I shall go to him.’ 2 Samuel 12:23 Few, but big with meaning, are these words of the inspired prophet. No less than four scriptural and heart-cheering doctrines...
2 Samuel 12:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 l...
2 Samuel 12:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 23. I shall go to him, ] viz, With my body I shall go to him into th...
2 Samuel 12:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wherefore should I fast Seeing fasting and prayer cannot now prevail with God for his life. I shall go to him Into the state of the dead in which he is, and into heaven, where, I doubt not, I sha...
2 Samuel 12:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David did not immediately confess his sin to God, and Psalms 32:3-4 shows that the Lord waited for some time at least before sending the prophet Nathan to him, likely over nine months, for a son had...
2 Samuel 12:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Humiliation; Birth of Solomon. B. C. 1036. 15 And Nathan departed unto his hou...
2 Samuel 12:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wherefore should I fast, seeing fasting and prayer cannot now prevail with God for his life? I shall go to him; into the state of the dead, in which he is, and into heaven , where I doubt not I...
2 Samuel 12:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 12:14 . “The enemies of the Lord to blaspheme.” “Transgression of God’s command by the king himself must lead the heathen to heap shame and reproach on I...
2 Samuel 12:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 12:23 . The doctrine of our future meeting and recognition is intimated in the earlier records of Scripture. We are told of Abraham, Jacob, Aaron, and Moses that each was gathered to his p...
2 Samuel 12:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 12:1 . The Lord sent Nathan to David. The substance of the mission, the visitations he foretold, the perfect accomplishment of them, as well from that very day as in future ages, leaves n...
2 Samuel 12:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

The child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. Great troubles following great transgressions David became a backslider. Men sometimes speak, not of David’s great sins, but of his great...
2 Samuel 12:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 12:1 Jehovah sent Nathan unto David. Though David had remained unrepentant for nearly a year, for we read in 2 Samuel 12:14 that the child was born, yet we are not t...
2 Samuel 12:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Death of David's Child
2 Samuel 12:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 37:35 ; Job 30:23 ; Job 7:8-10 ; Luke 23:43
2 Samuel 12:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I fast — Seeing fasting and prayer cannot now prevail with God for his life. I shall go to him — Into the state of the dead in which he is, and into heaven, where I doubt not I shall find him.

2 Samuel 12:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 12:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 12:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 12:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

2 Samuel 12:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 12:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 12:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 12:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 12:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 12:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 12:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 12:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 12:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 12:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 12:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 12:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 12:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 12:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 12:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 12:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 12:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 12:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 12:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes