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.
Nathan delivered his message and went home to pray, and God magnified his word by striking the child. David's fasting and lying on the earth proved the truth of his repentance; he was willing to bear the shame of his sin continually before him and before others.
AI summary
Commenting on 2 Samuel 12:15-25
And David comforted Bathsheba his wife,.... Which is the first time she is so called, Uriah being dead, and David having married her; which though at first displeasing to the Lord, because the circumstances attending it, was afterwards confirmed by him.
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. (n) By this consideration he appeased his sorrow.