2 Samuel 12:16

Overview - 2 Samuel 12
Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb causes David to be his own judge.
David, reproved by Nathan, confesses his sin, and is pardoned.
15 David mourns and prays for the child while it lives.
24 Solomon is born, and named Jedidiah.
26 David takes Rabbah, and tortures the people thereof.
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2 Samuel 12:16  (King James Version)
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
 


besought
22 ; Psalms 50:15 ; Isaiah 26:16 ; Joel 2:12-14 ; Jonah 3:9

fasted
Hebrew fasted a fast.
Esther 4:16 ; Psalms 69:10 ; Isaiah 22:12 ; Acts 9:9

lay all night
13:31 Job 20:12-14