16<\/strong>. besought God for the child<\/em> ] Such a prayer was not presumptuous, for God’s threatenings like his promises are conditional. See Isa 38:1<\/span> ff.; Jon 3:7-10<\/span>.<\/p>\n fasted<\/em> ] Cp. Neh 1:4<\/span>; Est 4:16<\/span>; Dan 9:3<\/span>; Act 14:23<\/span>.<\/p>\n went in<\/em> ] To his private chamber (Mat 6:6<\/span>), where he lay all night upon the floor, instead of sleeping on his bed. Cp. ch. 2Sa 13:31<\/span>. The tense of the verbs went in and lay all night<\/em> is frequentative, indicating that David did so repeatedly.<\/p>\n The death of the infant child of one of the numerous harem of an Oriental monarch would in general be a matter of little moment to the father. The deep feeling shown by David on this occasion is both an indication of his affectionate and tender nature, and also a proof of the strength of his passion for Bath-sheba. He went into his most private chamber, his closet Mat 6:6<\/span>, and lay upon the earth 2Sa 13:31<\/span>, rather the ground, meaning the floor of his chamber as opposed to his couch.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 16<\/span>. David – besought God for the child<\/B><\/I>] How could he do so, after the solemn assurance that he had from God that the child should die? The justice of God absolutely required that the penalty of the law should be exacted; either the father<\/I> or the son<\/I> shall die. This could not be reversed.<\/P> <\/p>\n David besought God for the child; <\/B>supposing the threatening might be conditional, and so the execution of it prevented by prayer. <\/P> Went in, <\/B>to wit, into his closet, as Mat 6:6<\/span>, to pray solitarily and earnestly, as he had done with others. Or this word may only note his progress and continuance in the actions here expressed. <\/P> <\/p>\n David therefore besought God for the child<\/strong>,…. 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, 2Sa 12:22<\/span>;<\/p>\n and David fasted<\/strong>: all that day:<\/p>\n and went in<\/strong>; to his own house from the house of God:<\/p>\n and lay all night upon the earth<\/strong>; 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.<\/p>\n (16) Besought God for the child.<\/strong>It can hardly be necessary to say that this does not imply any want of submissiveness to Gods will on Davids part, nor an inordinate love for the child of his guilt. In the case of a man whose penitence was so earnest and so deep, the prayer for the preservation of his child must have sprung from some other source than excessive love of any created object. His great desire was to avert the stroke as a sign of the wrath of God, in the hope that he might be able to discern, in the preservation of the child, a proof of Divine favour consequent upon the restoration of his fellowship with God. But when the child was dead, he humbled himself under the mighty hand of God, and rested satisfied with His grace, without giving himself up to fruitless pain (O. von Gerlach, quoted by Keil). Yet Davids deep love for the child is not to be overlooked altogether.<\/p>\n 16<\/strong>. <\/strong> Besought God for the child <\/strong> For, according to 2Sa 12:22<\/span>, he entertained some hope that God might yet spare him. <\/p>\n Went in <\/strong> Into some private apartment of his own house. <\/p>\n Lay all night upon the earth <\/strong> Evidence of profoundest anguish and grief. Compare 2Sa 13:31<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2Sa 12:16<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>David therefore besought God for the child<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> It may be thought surprising to see so wise a man as David fasting and mourning in this extraordinary manner for a child, who, being yet an infant, could not possibly have been endeared to him by any of those blandishments which so strongly fix the parental affections to their offspring; and who must moreover, if he should live, be a perpetual brand of infamy upon his parents. The true way of accounting for it is by ascribing it, as Le Clerc does, to David’s excess of passion for Bath-sheba, which so strongly attached him to every offspring of hers, and made him forget every thing in this child but that motive of endearment. Besides this, there is something in human nature which prompts us to rate things after a manner seemingly unaccountable, and to estimate them, not according to their real worth, but according to the expence, or trouble, or even distress, that they have cost us. <\/p>\n (16) David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. (17) And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Here is another evidence of the sincerity of David’s mind. Humbleness of soul for sin makes the soul truly tender.<\/p>\n 2Sa 12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.<\/p>\n Ver. 16. David therefore besought God.<\/strong> ] As knowing that God doth sometimes threaten, that he may not punish: with humble submission therefore to his goodwill and pleasure he supplicateth for the sick child: wherein also he showeth his good assurance of the pardon of his own sin, by taking the humble boldness to sue for his sick child. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And lay all night upon the earth.<\/strong> ] By this , humi-cubatio,<\/em> lying on the ground, joined with his fasting and prayer, David doth both evidence his affection and edge his devotion. It was in the time of this humiliation, it is thought by some, that David uttered the fifty-first Psalm: which he afterwards published.<\/p>\n and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton in this verse. App-6. <\/p>\n fasted. Hebrew. fasted a fast = made a strict fast. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6. <\/p>\n lay all night upon the earth: as a penitent, with Psa 51 for his utterance. Note his sitting before Jehovah as a worshipper, and his utterance (2Sa 7:18-29); and his standing as a servant (1Ch 28:2), and his utterance and service (1Ch 28:3 – 2Sa 29:21). <\/p>\n besought: 2Sa 12:22, Psa 50:15, Isa 26:16, Joe 2:12-14, Jon 3:9 <\/p>\n fasted: Heb. fasted a fast, Est 4:16, Psa 69:10, Isa 22:12, Act 9:9 <\/p>\n lay all night: 2Sa 13:31, Job 20:12-14 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Deu 9:18 – I fell down Jos 7:6 – fell 1Sa 1:8 – why weepest 1Ki 18:42 – he cast himself Job 1:20 – fell Dan 6:18 – and passed Joe 1:13 – lie Mat 6:16 – when Mar 5:23 – besought Joh 11:31 – She goeth 1Co 2:15 – yet 2Co 12:8 – I besought<\/p>\n 12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and {i} went in, and lay all night upon the earth.<\/p>\n (i) That is, to his private chamber.<\/p>\n David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 16. besought God for the child ] Such a prayer was not presumptuous, for God’s threatenings like his promises are conditional. See Isa 38:1 ff.; Jon 3:7-10. fasted ] Cp. 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