2 Samuel 12:23

I shall go to him = I shall die and be buried (Compare 2 Samuel 12:19 ): i, e. I shall go to the (not "a ") grave (Sheol). On the use of this Figure of speech Euphemy ( App-6 ) as denoting death and burial, see Genesis 15:15 (compare Joshua 24:2 , Joshua 24:14 , Joshua 24:15 , Abraham's "fathers "being idolaters); 2Sa 25:8 , 2Sa 25:17 ; 2Sa 35:29 ; 2Sa 49:29 , 2Sa 49:33 .Numbers 20:26 ; Numbers 27:13 ; Numbers 31:2 .Deuteronomy 31:16 ; Deuteronomy 32:50 . Jdg 2:10 . 1 Samuel 28:19 (note "thou and thy sons "). 2 Kings 22:20 . 1 Chronicles 17:11 . 2 Chronicles 34:28 . Acts 13:36 .