2 Samuel 12:19

But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”

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WEBBE

But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”

BSB

When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he perceived that the child was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.

KJV

But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

ASV

But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

BBE

But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.

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וַיַּרְא vai·yar' and he saw H7200 דָּוִד da·vid David H1732 כִּי ki that H3588 עֲבָדָיו 'a·va·dav servants his H5650 מִתְלַחֲשִׁים mit·la·cha·shim [were] whispering to one another H3907 וַיָּבֶן vai·ya·ven and he understood H995 דָּוִד da·vid David H1732 כִּי ki that H3588 מֵת met he had died H4191 הַיָּלֶד hai·ya·led the child H3206 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 דָּוִד da·vid David H1732 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 עֲבָדָיו 'a·va·dav servants his H5650 הֲמֵת ha·met ¿ has he died H4191 הַיֶּלֶד hai·ye·led the child H3206 וַיֹּאמְרוּ vai·yo·me·ru and they said H559 מֵת met he has died H4191

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 15–25

David now penned the 51st Psalm, in which, though he had been assured that his sin was pardoned, he prays earnestly for pardon, and greatly laments his sin. He was willing to bear the shame of it, to have it ever before him, to be continually upbraided with it. God gives us leave to be earnest with him in prayer for particular blessings, from trust in his power and general mercy, though we have no particular promise to build upon. David patiently submitted to the will of God in the death of one child, and God made up the loss to his advantage, in the birth of another. The way to have creature comforts continued or restored, or the loss made up some other way, is cheerfully to resign them to God. God, by his grace, particularly owned and favoured that son, and ordered him to be called Jedidiah, Beloved of the Lord. Our prayers for our children are graciously and as fully answered when some of them die in their infancy, for they are well taken care of, and when others live, "beloved of the Lord."

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