2 Samuel 12:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.

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  • 2 Sam 13:31 : 31 Then the king got up in great grief, stretching himself out on the earth: and all his servants were by his side, with their clothing parted.
  • Acts 9:9 : 9 And for three days he was not able to see, and he took no food or drink.
  • 2 Sam 12:22 : 22 And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?
  • Jonah 3:9 : 9 Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?
  • 1 Kgs 21:27 : 27 Hearing these words, Ahab, in great grief, put haircloth on his flesh and went without food, sleeping in haircloth, and going about quietly.
  • Esth 4:16 : 16 Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.
  • Job 20:12-14 : 12 Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue; 13 Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth; 14 His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.
  • Ps 69:10 : 10 My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.
  • Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:
  • Isa 26:16 : 16 Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us.
  • Joel 2:12-14 : 12 But even now, says the Lord, come back to me with all your heart, keeping from food, with weeping and with sorrow: 13 Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment. 14 May it not be that he will again let his purpose be changed and let a blessing come after him, even a meal offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God?

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  • 2 Sam 12:17-24
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    17 And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.

    18 And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?

    19 But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.

    20 Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.

    21 Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.

    22 And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?

    23 But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.

    24 And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 12:13-15
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    13 And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.

    14 But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.

    15 Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.

  • 2 Sam 11:8-14
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    8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and let your feet be washed. And Uriah went away from the king's house, and an offering from the king was sent after him.

    9 But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

    10 And when word was given to David that Uriah had not gone down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house?

    11 And Uriah said to David, Israel and Judah with the ark are living in tents, and my lord Joab and the other servants of my lord are sleeping in the open field; and am I to go to my house and take food and drink, and go to bed with my wife? By the living Lord, and by the life of your soul, I will not do such a thing.

    12 And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.

    13 And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

    14 Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.

  • 2 Sam 1:11-12
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    11 Then David gave way to bitter grief, and so did all the men who were with him:

    12 And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.

  • 2 Sam 13:31
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    31 Then the king got up in great grief, stretching himself out on the earth: and all his servants were by his side, with their clothing parted.

  • 2 Sam 11:26-27
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    26 And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.

    27 And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.

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    35 And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!

  • 1 Kgs 3:19-20
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    19 In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.

    20 And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.

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    20 And he took him in to his mother, and she took him on her knees and kept him there till the middle of the day, when his life went from him.

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    3 And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?

    4 And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.

    5 And the woman became with child; and she sent word to David that she was with child.

    6 And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

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    8 Then David said to God, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.

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  • 2 Kgs 4:34
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