16David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and went into his house and spent the nights lying on the ground.
16David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and went into his house and spent the nights lying on the ground.
13 Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord ." Nathan replied, "The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.
14 But because by doing this you have made the enemies of the Lord show utter contempt, the son born to you will die."
15 After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and went into his house and spent the nights lying on the ground.
17 The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.
18 On the seventh day the child died. David's servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, "While the child was still living, we spoke to David but he would not listen to us. How can we tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate."
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 the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground.
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.