Verse 23
2 Samuel 12:23
New Living Translation
23
But why should I fast when he is dead? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him one day, but he cannot return to me.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֣ה מֵ֗ת לָ֤/מָּה זֶּה֙ אֲנִ֣י צָ֔ם הַ/אוּכַ֥ל לַ/הֲשִׁיב֖/וֹ ע֑וֹד אֲנִי֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ אֵלָ֔י/ו וְ/ה֖וּא לֹֽא יָשׁ֥וּב אֵלָֽ/י
English Translation
And now, what is this that I am fasting? Shall I return to him again? I am going to him, and he will not return to me.
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Chapter 12 Context
1
So the LORD sent Nathan the prophet to tell David this story: “There were two men in a certain town....
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The rich man owned a great many sheep and cattle.
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The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it gre...
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One day a guest arrived at the home of the rich man. But instead of killing an animal from his own f...
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David was furious. “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “any man who would do such a thing deser...
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He must repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole and for having no pity.”
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7
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! The LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: I anointed...
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8
I gave you your master’s house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had n...
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9
Why, then, have you despised the word of the LORD and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered...
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10
From this time on, your family will live by the sword because you have despised me by taking Uriah’s...
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11
“This is what the LORD says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel...
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12
You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly in the sight of all Israel.”
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13
Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” Nathan replied, “Yes, but the LORD...
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14
Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD by doing this, your chi...
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15
After Nathan returned to his home, the LORD sent a deadly illness to the child of David and Uriah’s...
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David begged God (Elohim) to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare gro...
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17
The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused.
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18
Then on the seventh day the child died. David’s advisers were afraid to tell him. “He wouldn’t liste...
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19
When David saw them whispering, he realized what had happened. “Is the child dead?” he asked. “Yes,”...
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Then David got up from the ground, washed himself, put on lotions, and changed his clothes. He went...
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His advisers were amazed. “We don’t understand you,” they told him. “While the child was still livin...
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22
David replied, “I fasted and wept while the child was alive, for I said, ‘Perhaps the LORD will be g...
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23
But why should I fast when he is dead? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him one day, but he...
24
Then David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to...
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and sent word through Nathan the prophet that they should name him Jedidiah (which means “beloved of...
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26
Meanwhile, Joab was fighting against Rabbah, the capital of Ammon, and he captured the royal fortifi...
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27
Joab sent messengers to tell David, “I have fought against Rabbah and captured its water supply.
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Now bring the rest of the army and capture the city. Otherwise, I will capture it and get credit for...
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So David gathered the rest of the army and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it and captured it.
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30
David removed the crown from the king’s head, and it was placed on his own head. The crown was made...
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31
He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with saws, iron picks, and iron...
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