Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Samuel 12:23
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But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
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But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
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But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
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But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
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2 Samuel 12
21 “What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
22 David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
25 and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
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