SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:20
Entonces David se levantó de tierra, y se lavó y se ungió, y mudó sus ropas, y entró a la Casa del SEÑOR, y adoró. Y después vino a su casa, y demandó, y le pusieron pan, y comió.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:20
Verse 20. David arose from the earth, and washed] Bathing, anointing the body, and changing the apparel, are the first outward signs among the Hindoos of coming out of a state of mourning or sickness.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. Then David arose from the earth , etc.] From the floor on which he lay: and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his apparel ; neither of which he had done during his time of fasting: and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped ; went into the tabernacle he had built for the ark of God, and then in prayer submitted himself to the will of God, and acknowledged his justice in what he had done; gave thanks to God that he had brought him to a sense of his sin, and repentance for it, and had applied his pardoning grace to him, and given him satisfaction as to the eternal welfare and happiness of the child, as appears from ( 2 Samuel 12:23); then he, came to his own house ; from the house of God, having finished his devotion there: and when he required ; ordered food to be brought in: they set bread before him, and he did eat : whereas before, while the child was living, he refused to eat.
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
ויקם 6965 דוד 1732 מהארץ 776 וירחץ 7364 ויסך 5480 ויחלף 2498 שׂמלתו 8071 ויבא 935 בית 1004 יהוה 3068 וישׁתחו 7812 ויבא 935 אל 413 ביתו 1004 וישׁאל 7592 וישׂימו 7760 לו לחם 3899 ויאכל׃ 398
