David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.
Deuteronomy 9:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I fell down like the first time in the presence of the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water because of all the sin you committed, doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and angering him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then I fell down before the Lord as before, for forty days and forty nights; I neither ate food nor drank water, because of all the sin you had committed in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. American Standard Version (1901) And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. Common English Bible Then I fell before the LORD as I had done the previous forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water, all because of the sin that you had committed by doing such evil in the LORD’s sight, infuriating him. Catholic Public Domain Version And I fell prostrate before the Lord, just as before, for forty days and nights, not eating bread, and not drinking water, because of all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord, and because you provoked him to anger. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I fell down before the Lord as before, forty days and nights neither eating bread, nor drinking water, for all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord, and had provoked him to wrath. |
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.
So he got up, ate, and drank. Then on the strength from that food, he walked for forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Ezra then went from the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, where he spent the night. He did not eat food or drink water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
Moses was there with the Lord for forty days and forty nights; he did not eat food or drink water. He wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on the tablets.
Then he said, ‘My Lord, if I have indeed found favour with you, my Lord, please go with us (even though this is a stiff-necked people), forgive our iniquity and our sin, and accept us as your own possession.’
‘I stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights like the first time. The Lord also listened to me on this occasion; he agreed not to annihilate you.
So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands, shattering them before your eyes.
‘I fell down in the presence of the Lord for forty days and forty nights because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.
When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant the Lord made with you, I stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights. I did not eat food or drink water.