2 Samuel 12:16

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

Darby Translation

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 departed to his house. And Jehovah smote the child that Urijah's wife bore to David, and it became very sick.

17And the elders of his house arose, [and went] to him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he ate no bread with them.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:22And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I thought, Who knows? [perhaps] Jehovah will be gracious to me, that the child may live.

1 Kings 21:27And it came to pass when Ahab heard these words, that he rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

Job 20:12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth [and] he hide it under his tongue,

Psalms 69:10And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach;

Isaiah 26:16Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out [their] whispered prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Joel 2:12Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with 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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