SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:21
Y le dijeron sus siervos: ¿Qué es esto que has hecho? Por el niño, viviendo aún, ayunabas y llorabas; y él muerto, te levantaste y comiste pan.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 21. Then said his servants unto him, what thing [is] this that thou hast done ? etc.] Or what is the reason of such conduct and behaviour? they knew what was done, but they did not know the meaning of it, which is what they inquired after: thou didst fast and weep for the child, [while it was] alive ; prayed with fasting and weeping for it, that it might live and not die: but when the child was dead thou didst rise and eat bread ; and appeared cheerful; this seemed strange to them, when they expected his sorrow would be increased.
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
ויאמרו 559 עבדיו 5650 אליו 413 מה 4100 הדבר 1697 הזה 2088 אשׁר 834 עשׂיתה 6213 בעבור 5668 הילד 3206 חי 2416 צמת 6684 ותבך 1058 וכאשׁר 834 מת 4191 הילד 3206 קמת 6965 ותאכל 398 לחם׃ 3899
