2 Samuel 12:16 - The Scriptures 1998

And Dawiḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted and went in and lay all night [repeatedly] on the floor.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

David begged God for the boy. He fasted and spent the night sleeping on the ground.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And David begged the Lord on behalf of the little one. And David fasted strictly, and entering alone, he lay upon the ground.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground.

2 Samuel 12:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:15

And Nathan went to his house, and יהוה  smote the child that Uriyah’s wife had born to Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 12:22

And he said, “While the child was alive I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows whether יהוה  shows favour unto me, and the child shall live?’

2 Samuel 13:31

And the sovereign rose up and tore his garments and lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their garments torn.

1 Kings 21:27

And it came to be, when Aḥ

Nehemiah 1:4

And it came to be, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days. And I was fasting and praying before the Elohim of the heavens,

Esther 4:16

“Go, gather all the Yehuḏ

Psalm 50:15

“And call upon Me in the day of distress – Let Me rescue you, and you esteem Me.”

Psalm 69:10

And I wept in my being with fasting, And it became my reproach.

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day the Master יהוה  of hosts called for weeping and for mourning, for baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

Isaiah 26:16

O יהוה, in distress they shall visit You, they shall pour out a prayer when Your disciplining is upon them.

Daniel 6:18

And the sovereign went to his palace and spent the night fasting. And no entertainment was brought before him, and his sleep fled from him.

Daniel 9:3

So I set my face toward יהוה  the Elohim to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

Jonah 3:9

“Who knows whether Elohim does turn and relent, and shall turn away from the heat of His displeasure, so that we do not perish?”

Acts 9:9

And he was three days without sight, and did not eat nor drink.

Joshua 7:6

And Yehoshua tore his garments, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of יהוה  until evening, both he and the elders of Yisra’ĕ