2 Samuel 12:16

And David inquired of God concerning the child, and David fasted, and went in and lay all night 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 departed to his house. And the Lord smote the child, which the wife of Uriah the Hittite bore to David, and it was ill.

17And the elders of his house arose and went to him to raise him up from the ground, but he would not rise, nor did he eat bread with them.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:22And David said, While the child yet lived, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who knows if the Lord will pity me, and the child live?

1 Kings 21:27And the children of Israel were numbered, and came to meet them: and Israel encamped before them as two little flocks of goats, but Syria filled the land.

Job 20:12Though evil be sweet in his mouth, 1 Though he will hide it under his tongue; 1

Isaiah 26:16Lord, in affliction I remembered thee; thy chastening was to us with small affliction.

Joel 2:12Now therefore, saith the Lord your God, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with lamentation:

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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