2 Samuel 12:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:31

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

Acts 9:9

He was unable to see for three days and did not eat or drink.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows?  God may turn and relent; he may turn from his burning anger so that we will not perish.

Isaiah 22:12

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

Esther 4:16

‘Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days,  night or day. I and my female servants will also fast  in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law.  If I perish, I perish.’

1 Kings 21:27

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

2 Samuel 12:22

He answered, ‘While the baby was alive, I fasted and wept because I thought, “Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let him live.”

Isaiah 26:16

Lord, they went to you in their distress; they poured out whispered prayers because your discipline fell on them.

2 Samuel 12:15

Then Nathan went home. The Lord struck the baby that Uriah’s  wife had borne to David, and he became deathly ill.

Nehemiah 1:4

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying  before the God of the heavens.

Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting.  No diversions  were brought to him, and he could not sleep.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell face down to the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening,  as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.

Daniel 9:3

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.