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2 Samuel 12:18

Listen to 2 Samuel 12:18
18 Y al s茅ptimo d铆a muri贸 el ni帽o; pero sus siervos no osaban hacerle saber que el ni帽o hab铆a muerto, diciendo entre s铆: Cuando el ni帽o aun viv铆a, le habl谩bamos, y no quer铆a o铆r nuestra voz; 驴pues cu谩nto m谩s mal le har谩, si le dij茅remos que el ni帽o ha muerto

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 Entonces rog贸 David a Dios por el ni帽o; y ayun贸 David, y vino, y pas贸 la noche acostado en tierra
17 Y levant谩ndose los ancianos de su casa fueron a 茅l para hacerlo levantar de la tierra; mas 茅l no quiso, ni comi贸 con ellos pan
18 Y al s茅ptimo d铆a muri贸 el ni帽o; pero sus siervos no osaban hacerle saber que el ni帽o hab铆a muerto, diciendo entre s铆: Cuando el ni帽o aun viv铆a, le habl谩bamos, y no quer铆a o铆r nuestra voz; 驴pues cu谩nto m谩s mal le har谩, si le dij茅remos que el ni帽o ha muerto
19 Mas David viendo a sus siervos hablar entre s铆, entendi贸 que el ni帽o hab铆a muerto; por lo que dijo David a sus siervos: 驴Ha muerto el ni帽o? Y ellos respondieron: Ha muerto
20 Entonces David se levant贸 de tierra, y se lav贸 y se ungi贸, y mud贸 sus ropas, y entr贸 a la Casa del SE脩OR, y ador贸. Y despu茅s vino a su casa, y demand贸, y le pusieron pan, y comi贸

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