2 Samuel 12:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

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.

Ver. 21. What thing is this that thou hast done?] Quam absurda et insolens? The saints are "for signs and for wonders in Israel"; Isa 8:18 their rations also - because they keep a constant counter notion to the corrupt customs of others - seem strange and unreasonable, 1Pe 4:4 though they need not.

2 Samuel 12:21

21 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.