2 Samuel 12:23

Genesis 37:35; Job 30:23; Job 7:8-10; Luke 23:43

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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 considera...
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 add...
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 Figu...
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...
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 ex...
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 verse...
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 1...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

I shall go to him ] There is a suggestion here of belief in some form of continued existence beyond the grave.
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...
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 i...
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 h...
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 lov...
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 de...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 Nat...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Humiliation; Birth of Solomon. B. C. 1036....
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 w...
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 mus...
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...
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 w...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

While the child was yet alive I fasted and wept. The loss of children I. His affliction was the death of his child. The death of a child is by...
The Biblical Illustrator

I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. Recognition of friends in heaven The doctrine of our future meeting and recognition is intima...
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 Samue...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Death of David's Child
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back again? He humbled himself under the mighty hand of God without giving way to fruitl...
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 int...

²³ 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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 12:23

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 12:23