Sāmǔĕrjìxià 12:16

16 Suǒyǐ Dàwèi wèi zhè háizi kĕnqiú shén , érqiĕ jìnshí , jìnrù neì shì , zhōng yè tǎng zaì dì shàng .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 12:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 12:16

David therefore besought God for the child
Perhaps went into the tabernacle he had built for the ark, and prayed to the Lord to restore the child, and spare its life; for though the Lord had said it should die, he might hope that that was a conditional threatening, and that the Lord might be gracious and reverse it, ( 2 Samuel 12:22 ) ;

and David fasted:
all that day:

and went in;
to his own house from the house of God:

and lay all night upon the earth;
would neither go into, nor lie upon a bed, but lay on the floor all night, weeping and praying for the child's life, and especially for its eternal welfare: he having through sin been the means of its coming into a sinful and afflicted state.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 12:16 In-Context

14 Zhǐshì nǐ xíng zhè shì , jiào Yēhéhuá de chóudí dà dé xièdú de jīhuì , gùcǐ , nǐ suǒ dé de háizi bìdéng yào sǐ .

15 Ná dān jiù huí jiā qù le . Yēhéhuá jī dá Wūlìyà qī/4 gĕi Dàwèi suǒ shēng de háizi , shǐ tā dé zhòng bìng .

16 Suǒyǐ Dàwèi wèi zhè háizi kĕnqiú shén , érqiĕ jìnshí , jìnrù neì shì , zhōng yè tǎng zaì dì shàng .

17 Tā jiā zhōng de lǎo chén lái dào tā pángbiān , yào bǎ tā cóng dì shàng fú qǐlai , tā què bù kĕn qǐlai , yĕ bù tóng tāmen chī fàn .

18 Dào dì qī rì , háizi sǐ le . Dàwèi de chénpú bù gǎn gàosu tā háizi sǐ le , yīn tāmen shuō , háizi hái huó zhe de shíhou , wǒmen quàn tā , tā shàngqiĕ bù kĕn tīng wǒmen de huà , ruò gàosu tā háizi sǐ le , qǐbù gèngjiā yōushāng ma .