2Sam.12.23

2 Samuel 12:23

KJV

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.

David’s Loss and Repentance

Loss of a Child

Cross References

Genesis 37:35

KJV

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

Jacob Mourns Joseph

Job 7:8

KJV

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

Job 7:9

KJV

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

Job 10:21

KJV

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

2 Samuel 12:23

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.

David’s Loss and Repentance

Loss of a Child

Cross References

Jacob Mourns Joseph

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

Job’s Plea to God