2 Samuel 12:16 “David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Dauid therefore besought God for the childe, and fasted and went in, and lay all night vpon the earth.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.

Bible in Basic English

So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.

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Cross references

“besought”

2 Samuel 12:22 Psalm 50:15 Jonah 3:9 Isaiah 26:16 Joel 2:12–14

2 Samuel 12:22 · BSB

David 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.’

Psalm 50:15 · BSB

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

Jonah 3:9 · BSB

Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

Isaiah 26:16 · BSB

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

Joel 2:12–14 · BSB

“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

“fasted”

Esther 4:16 Psalm 69:10 Isaiah 22:12 Acts 9:9

Esther 4:16 · BSB

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is ag…

Psalm 69:10 · BSB

I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

Isaiah 22:12 · BSB

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Acts 9:9 · BSB

For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.

“lay all night”

2 Samuel 13:31 Job 20:12–14

2 Samuel 13:31 · BSB

Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

Job 20:12–14 · BSB

Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

Also

1 Kings 21:27

1 Kings 21:27 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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