SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:18
Y al séptimo día murió el niño; pero sus siervos no osaban hacerle saber que el niño era muerto, diciendo entre sí : Cuando el niño aun vivía, le hablábamos, y no quería oír nuestra voz; ¿pues cuánto más mal le hará, si le dijéremos que el niño es muerto?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 18. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died , etc.] Not the seventh day from its being taken ill, but from its birth; for it cannot be thought that David should fast seven days: and the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead ; lest he should be overwhelmed with too much sorrow: for they said, behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him ; to rise from the ground, and eat food: and he would not hearken unto our voice ; we could not prevail upon him to do the one nor the other: how will he then vex himself if we tell him that the child is dead ? or should we acquaint him with it, “he will do mischief” to himself, to his body; he will tear his flesh to pieces, and cut and kill himself; this they were afraid of, observing the distress and agony he was in while it was living, and therefore they concluded these would increase upon hearing of its death.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-25 - David now penned the 51st Psalm, in which, though he had been assure that his sin was pardoned, he prays earnestly for pardon, and greatl 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 u leave to be earnest with him in prayer for particular blessings, from trust in his power and general mercy, though we have no particula 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 of restored, or the loss made up some other way, is cheerfully to resig them to God. God, by his grace, particularly owned and favoured tha son, and ordered him to be called Jedidiah, Beloved of the Lord. Ou 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."
Original Hebrew
ויהי 1961 ביום 3117 השׁביעי 7637 וימת 4191 הילד 3206 ויראו 3372 עבדי 5650 דוד 1732 להגיד 5046 לו כי 3588 מת 4191 הילד 3206 כי 3588 אמרו 559 הנה 2009 בהיות 1961 הילד 3206 חי 2416 דברנו 1696 אליו 413 ולא 3808 שׁמע 8085 בקולנו 6963 ואיך 349 נאמר 559 אליו 413 מת 4191 הילד 3206 ועשׂה 6213 רעה׃ 7451
