The Meaning of 2 Samuel 12:16 Explained

2 Samuel 12:16

KJV: David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

YLT: and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.

Darby: And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.

ASV: David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

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What is the context of 2 Samuel 12:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

What does 2 Samuel 12:16 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 12:15-31 - Accepting The Lord's Judgment

When Nathan had gone, David beat out his brief confession into Psalms 51:1-19. He knew that he was clean, because purged with hyssop, Exodus 12:22; that he was whiter than snow, because the hand of the Redeemer had touched him, and the joy of God's salvation had been restored. And now he bowed himself before the train of evil consequences that must ensue. Sin may be forgiven, but the Father must needs chasten his child.

The little babe died. It cuts us to the quick when innocent children suffer for our wrong-doing. Two years after, David's sin was repeated by one of his sons, while another sought to dispossess his father of the throne. In Amnon's offense David beheld the features of his own passion, and in Absalom's revenge, his own blood-guiltiness. Psalms 41:1-13; Psalms 55:1-23 are supposed to record his sufferings during those dreary years, when it seemed as if the sunshine had passed forever from his life. The wonder is that he treated Rabbah so harshly; but it may be, as some think, that its fate was decided during the months which preceded his confession, when the misery of his soul made him petulant and exacting.

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Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 12

¹ Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb causes David to be his own judge
⁷ David, reproved by Nathan, confesses his sin, and is pardoned
¹⁵ David mourns and prays for the child while it lives
²⁴ Solomon is born, and named Jedidiah
²⁶ David takes Rabbah, and tortures the people thereof

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 12:16 mean?

Therefore pleaded with David - God for the child and fasted David fasted and went in and all night and lay on the ground

וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ דָּוִ֛ד אֶת־ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּעַ֣ד הַנָּ֑עַר וַיָּ֤צָם דָּוִד֙ צ֔וֹם וּבָ֥א וְלָ֖ן וְשָׁכַ֥ב אָֽרְצָה

וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ	Therefore pleaded with
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: בָּקַשׁ Sense: to seek, require, desire, exact, request.
דָּוִ֛ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים	God
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural).
הַנָּ֑עַר	the child
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: נַעַר Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
וַיָּ֤צָם	and fasted
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: צוּם Sense: (Qal) to abstain from food, fast.
דָּוִד֙	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
צ֔וֹם	fasted
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: צֹום Sense: fast, fasting.
וּבָ֥א	and went in
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
וְלָ֖ן	and all night
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: לוּן Sense: to lodge, stop over, pass the night, abide.
וְשָׁכַ֥ב	and lay on
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁכַב Sense: to lie down.
אָֽרְצָה	the ground
Parse: Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.

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