16David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
16David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
13 David said to Nathan, |I have sinned against Yahweh.| Nathan said to David, |Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die.
14 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh's enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.|
15 Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
16 David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
17 The elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
18 It happened on the seventh day, that the child died. The servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, |Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he didn't listen to our voice. How will he then harm 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.
12:16And 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.
12:16and 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.