2 Samuel 12:16

And David begged the Lord on behalf of the little one. And David fasted strictly, and entering alone, he lay upon the ground.

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In The King James Version

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

In Context

15And Nathan returned to his own house. And the Lord struck the little one, whom the wife of Uriah had borne to David, and he was despaired of.

17Then the elders of his house came, urging him to rise up from the ground. And he was not willing, nor would he eat a meal with them.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:22And he said: “While he was yet alive, I fasted and wept on behalf of the infant. For I said: Who knows if the Lord may perhaps give him to me, and let the infant live?

1 Kings 21:27Then, when Ahab had heard these words, he tore his garments, and he put haircloth on his body, and he fasted, and he slept in sackcloth, and he walked with his head downcast.

Job 20:12For, when evil will be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.

Isaiah 26:16Lord, they have sought you in anguish. Your doctrine was with them, amid the tribulation of murmuring.

Joel 2:12Now, therefore, the Lord says: “Be converted to me with your whole heart, in fasting and weeping and mourning.”

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 12:16-26

David's Humiliation; Birth of Solomon. ( b. c. 1036.) 15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of… Read the whole commentary →

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