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.”
Nathan, having delivered his message, staid not at court, but went home, probably to pray for David, to whom he had been preaching. God, in making use of him as an instrument to bring David to repentance, and as the herald both of mercy and judgment, put an honour upon the ministry, and magnified his word above all his name.
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.