2 Samuel 12:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ And Dawiḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ David begged God for the boy. He fasted and spent the night sleeping on the ground.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And David begged the Lord on behalf of the little one. And David fasted strictly, and entering alone, he 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