16And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground.
16And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground.
13 And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die.
14 Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee, shall surely die.
15 And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of.
16 And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground.
17 And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.
18 And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died: and the servants of David feared to tell him, that the child was dead. For they said: Behold when the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how much more will he afflict himself if we tell him that the child is dead?
12:16David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and went into his house and spent the nights lying on the ground.
12:16David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
12:16David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
12:16And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
12:16David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
12:16David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
12:16David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
12:16and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.
12:16David therefore sought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.