2 Samuel 12:16

Rotherham Emphasized Bible 1902

David therefore earnestly sought God in behalf of the boy,—and David kept a fast, and used to go in and pass the night, and lie upon the ground.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:31

And the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the ground,—and all his servants who stood by rent their garments.

Acts 9:9

And he was three days without seeing, and did neither eat nor drink.

Jonah 3:9

Who knoweth whether God himself—may turn and grieve,—and turn away from the glow of his anger, that we perish not?

Isaiah 22:12

And, when My Lord Yahweh of hosts called in that day,—for weeping, and for lamentation, and for shaving bare and for girding with sackcloth,

Psalm 69:10

When I have humbled my soul with fasting, Then hath it turned to my reproach;

Psalm 50:15

Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.

Esther 4:16

Go! gather ye together all the Jews who are to be found in Shusan, and fast ye for me—and neither eat nor drink—three days, night nor day, and, I and my maidens, will fast so,—and, in this manner, will I go in unto the king, though it is not according to the law, and, when I have perished, I have perished!

1 Kings 21:27

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard these words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted,—and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

2 Samuel 12:22

And he said,—While yet the child lived, I fasted, and wept,—for I said—Who knoweth whether Yahweh may not grant me favour, and the child live?

Isaiah 26:16

O Yahweh! in distress, they sought thee,—They poured out a whispered prayer, when thy chastening was upon them.

2 Samuel 12:15

And Nathan departed unto his own house,—and Yahweh struck the child that the wife of Uriah had borne unto David, and it fell sick.

Nehemiah 1:4

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and I mourned certain days,—and continued fasting and praying, before the God of the heavens;

Daniel 6:18

Then the king departed to his palace, and spent the night fasting, and no, table, was brought in before him,—and, his sleep, fled from him.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua rent his clothes and fell upon his face to the earth before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel,—and they lifted up dust upon their heads.

Daniel 9:3

So I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek him by prayer, and supplication,—with fasting, and sackcloth and ashes;