2 Samuel 12:16

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

Majority Standard Bible

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

15After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

17The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:22David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’

1 Kings 21:27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.

Job 20:12Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

Psalms 69:10I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

Isaiah 26:16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.

Joel 2:12“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, 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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