2 Samuel 12:16
And David besought God in behalf of the lad; and David kept a fast, and came home, and lay over night upon the earth.
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2 Samuel 12:22And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; because I said, Who knoweth, but that the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
1 Kings 21:27And it came to pass, when Achab heard these words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and slept in the sackcloth, and walked about barefooted.
Job 20:12If the evil be sweet in his mouth, he will conceal it under his tongue;
Psalms 69:10(69:11) When I wept at the fasting of my soul, it became a reproach to me.
Isaiah 26:16Lord, in trouble have they sought thee, they poured out earnest prayers when thy chastening was upon them.
Joel 2:12But even now also, saith the Lord, return ye fully 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 →