Then said his servants unto him, what thing [is] this that thou hast done<\/strong>?…. Or what is the reason of such conduct and behaviour? they knew what was done, but they did not know the meaning of it, which is what they inquired after:<\/p>\n thou didst fast and weep for the child, [while it was] alive<\/strong>; prayed with fasting and weeping for it, that it might live and not die:<\/p>\n but when the child was dead thou didst rise and eat bread<\/strong>; and appeared cheerful; this seemed strange to them, when they expected his sorrow would be increased.<\/p>\n 21<\/strong>. <\/strong> What thing is this that thou hast done <\/strong> The bereaved are accustomed to fast and weep after the death of their relative; but David does his mourning before the death of the child, and feasts immediately after. “The practice of the East is, to leave a relation of the deceased person to weep and mourn, till, on the third or fourth day at furthest, the relations and friends go to see him, cause him to eat, lead him to a bath, and cause him to put on new vestments, he having before thrown himself on the ground. The extremity of David’s sorrow for the child’s illness, and his not observing the common forms of grief afterwards, was what surprised his servants.” Harmer’s Observations.<\/p>\n 2Sa 12:21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing [is] this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, [while it was] alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.<\/p>\n Ver. 21. What thing is this that thou hast done?<\/strong> ] Quam absurda et insolens?<\/em> The saints are “for signs and for wonders in Israel”; Isa 8:18 their rations also – because they keep a constant counter notion to the corrupt customs of others – seem strange and unreasonable, 1Pe 4:4 though they need not.<\/p>\n What thing: 1Co 2:15 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Sa 13:36 – very sore 2Ki 20:3 – wept sore Isa 38:3 – wept Mat 6:16 – when<\/p>\n 12:21 Then {m} said his servants unto him, What thing [is] this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, [while it was] alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.<\/p>\n (m) As they who did not consider that God grants many things to the sobs and tears of the faithful.<\/p>\n Then said his servants unto him, What thing [is] this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while [it was] alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. Then said his servants unto him, what thing [is] this that thou hast done?…. Or what is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 12:21”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"