Fast Ends Upon Death

It is sad his child had to die, but sin is sin and punishment id just coming from God no matter how unfair it may seem at the time. I did love David's attitude about weeping for his child. He said once he is dead he is gone and mourning and weeping will never bring him back!

Then we move forward to David defeating the surrounding nations. But when he goes in the Moabites, it is a very strange way to pick and choose who will live and who will die, but David did what he had to to fulfill his destiny as the King and to protect his people and take control of all the trade routes and borders etc.