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2 Samuel 12:18

Listen to 2 Samuel 12:18
18 Sucedi贸 que al s茅ptimo d铆a el ni帽o muri贸; y los siervos de David tem铆an informarle que el ni帽o hab铆a muerto, pues se dec铆an: He aqu铆, cuando el ni帽o estaba todav铆a vivo, le habl谩bamos y no nos escuchaba. 驴C贸mo, pues, vamos a decirle que el ni帽o ha muerto? Puede hacerse da帽o.

2 Samuel 12:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 12:18

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died,
&c.] Not the seventh day from its being taken ill, but from its birth; for it cannot be thought that David should fast seven days:

and the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead;
lest he should be overwhelmed with too much sorrow:

for they said, behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto
him;
to rise from the ground, and eat food:

and he would not hearken unto our voice;
we could not prevail upon him to do the one nor the other:

how will he then vex himself if we tell him that the child is dead?
or should we acquaint him with it, "he will do mischief" F23 to himself, to his body; he will tear his flesh to pieces, and cut and kill himself; this they were afraid of, observing the distress and agony he was in while it was living, and therefore they concluded these would increase upon hearing of its death.


FOOTNOTES:

F23 (her hvew) (kai poihsei kaka) , Sept. "faciat malum", Pagninus, Montanus; "malum [sibi] inferet", Syr. Ar.
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2 Samuel 12:18 In-Context

16 David rog贸 a Dios por el ni帽o; y ayun贸, y fue y pas贸 la noche acostado en el suelo.
17 Y los ancianos de su casa se pusieron a su lado para levantarlo del suelo, mas 茅l no quiso, y no comi贸 pan con ellos.
18 Sucedi贸 que al s茅ptimo d铆a el ni帽o muri贸; y los siervos de David tem铆an informarle que el ni帽o hab铆a muerto, pues se dec铆an: He aqu铆, cuando el ni帽o estaba todav铆a vivo, le habl谩bamos y no nos escuchaba. 驴C贸mo, pues, vamos a decirle que el ni帽o ha muerto? Puede hacerse da帽o.
19 Pero viendo David que sus siervos susurraban entre s铆, comprendi贸 que el ni帽o hab铆a muerto, y dijo a sus siervos: 驴Ha muerto el ni帽o? Y ellos respondieron: Ha muerto.
20 Entonces David se levant贸 del suelo, se lav贸, se ungi贸 y se cambi贸 de ropa; entr贸 en la casa del SE脩OR y ador贸. Despu茅s vino a su casa y cuando pidi贸, le pusieron comida delante y comi贸.
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Am茅ricas庐 (LBLA庐), Copyright 漏 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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