Sāmǔĕrjìxià 12:18

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 .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (her hvew) (kai poihsei kaka) , Sept. "faciat malum", Pagninus, Montanus; "malum [sibi] inferet", Syr. Ar.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 12:18 In-Context

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 .

19 Dàwèi jiàn chénpú bǐcǐ dīshēng shuōhuà , jiù zhīdào háizi sǐ le , wèn chénpú shuō , háizi sǐ le ma . tāmen shuō , sǐ le .

20 Dàwèi jiù cóng dì shàng qǐlai , shù yù , mò gāo , huàn le yīshang , jìn Yēhéhuá de diàn jìngbaì . ránhòu huí gōng , fēnfu rén bǎi fàn , tā biàn chī le .