2 Samuel 12:16

New American Bible - revised edition

David pleaded with God on behalf of the child. He kept a total fast, and spent the night lying on the ground clothed in sackcloth.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:31

The king stood up, tore his garments, and lay on the ground. All his servants standing by him also tore their garments.

Acts 9:9

For three days he was unable to see, and he neither ate nor drank. Saul’s Baptism.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows? God may again repent and turn from his blazing wrath, so that we will not perish.”

Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Lord, the God of hosts, called For weeping and mourning, for shaving the head and wearing sackcloth.

Psalm 69:10

Because zeal for your house has consumed me, I am scorned by those who scorn you.

Psalm 50:15

Then call on me on the day of distress; I will rescue you, and you shall honor me.”

1 Kings 21:27

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth over his bare flesh. He fasted, slept in the sackcloth, and went about subdued.

2 Samuel 12:22

He replied: “While the child was living, I fasted and wept, thinking, ‘Who knows? The Lord may grant me the child’s life.’

Isaiah 26:16

Lord, oppressed by your punishment, we cried out in anguish under your discipline.

2 Samuel 12:15

Then Nathan returned to his house. The Lord struck the child that the wife of Uriah had borne to David, and it became desperately ill.

Nehemiah 1:4

When I heard this report, I began to weep and continued mourning for several days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Daniel 6:18

To forestall any tampering, the king sealed with his own ring and the rings of the lords the stone that had been brought to block the opening of the den.

Joshua 7:6

Joshua, together with the elders of Israel, tore their garments and fell face down before the ark of the Lord until evening; and they threw dust on their heads.

Daniel 9:3

I turned to the Lord God, to seek help, in prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.