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Jan 21, 2021 · He got up off the ground, took a bath, and got dressed. David took time to worship God, choosing to focus on the goodness of God rather than his own pain. Then David went home and had his first meal in a week. David’s response to his grief seems incredibly insensitive and counter-intuitive. While the child was alive, David fasted and prayed.
- Introduction
- Review and Overview
- Observations
- Our Approach
- Nathan's Announcement
- David's Response to His Son's Sickness and Death
- Caveats and Cautions
- Supporting Evidence
- Conclusion
There is something especially tragic about the death of a child. My wife and I, like many other parents, have experienced the shock of waking up to find our child dead in his crib. The malady is now known as SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. One moment the child is healthy and happy; the next, the child is gone. It is indeed a shock. For us, ther...
After becoming King of Israel, things were going very well for David, perhaps too well. He seemed to have the Midas touch -- everything he touched turned to gold. God had given him success in all he undertook. Like Israel of old, David appears to momentarily forget that his success was the result of God's grace, and not a tribute to his efforts alo...
Before we turn to the story itself, I would like to make a few observations which may influence our understanding of this text. This is the first of a number of painful events David will experience as a result of his sin regarding Uriah and Bathsheba.In our text, David will suffer the loss of the child conceived through the sinful union of David an...
There are several ways to approach this passage. We could dissect the passage, giving attention to the nuance of each word and of each phrase. I am choosing not to do this, having already noted the details I think are important. Rather I will approach the passage somewhat like Michael Landon, the late television actor and director, would have done....
13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” And Nathan said to David, “The LORD also has taken away your sin; you shall not die. 14 “However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die.” 15 So Nathan went to his house. David had condem...
Then the LORD struck the child that Uriah's widow bore to David, so that he was very sick. 16 David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground. 17 The elders of his household stood beside him in order to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them. 18 Th...
I think we must admit that the view that all babies go to heaven if they die is the one we would most like to believe. For this reason alone, we are obliged to approach this matter with skill and caution. I would also agree that our text in 2 Samuel 12alone would be thin evidence for my conclusions, if there were not other supporting texts and trut...
With all these caveats, let me list the factors which incline me to the conclusion that babies who die go to heaven. I will focus on four lines of evidence. First, in the Book of Jonah, God clearly makes a distinction between children and adults, and rebukes Jonah for desiring that divine judgment come upon little children.We all know the story of ...
We have lingered long on this sad incident in which David finds joy and comfort, but allow me to conclude by pointing out several areas of application. First, this text (along with the others I have mentioned) offers comfort to all those who have suffered (or will suffer) the loss of a little one. I believe that our Lord summed it up as concisely a...
New American Bible But once the mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her into his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. But in the sight of the LORD what David had done was evil. NET Bible When the time of mourning passed, David had her brought to his palace. She became his wife and she bore him a son.
According to the Jewish Midrash, it was upon the Mount of Olives that David composed the third psalm. More probably it was at the fords of the Jordan, after David, wearied with the fatigues of the march, had enjoyed a short refreshing slumber, and while he was waiting for his two young friends, that he comforted himself by this outpouring of his heart to God. 2 Samuel 15:30
a. After the death of Saul: King Saul and his three sons were killed in battle against the Philistines, dying on the slopes of Mount Gilboa (1 Samuel 31:1-8). It was the sad ending of a tragic life, concluding the story of a man who came to the throne humble but left it hardened, bitter against both God and man. b.
- Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag,...
- So David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?” Then the young man who told him said, “As I...
- Therefore David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him. And they mourned and wept and fasted until ev...
- Then David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” And he answered, “I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite.” So David said to hi...
Joab Rebukes David - It was told Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.” So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for the people heard that day, “The king is grieving for his son.” And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle. The king covered his face, and the king cried with a ...
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David explains this in the next verse (2 Sam. 12:22-23). David did in fact grieve the lost of his young son, but mourners are allowed to eat. In contrast, Avsalom -- even if he tried to kill his father -- was still David's son and David's grief was very appropriate.
