2 Samuel 12:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 1 Cor 2:15 : 15 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.

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  • 2 Sam 12:14-20
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    86%

    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.

    16 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.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 12:22-23
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    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.

  • 2 Sam 1:11-12
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    73%

    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 13:36
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    36 And while he was talking, the king's sons came, with weeping and loud cries: and the king and all his servants were weeping bitterly.

  • 2 Sam 19:28
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    28 For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servant among those whose place is at the king's table. What right then have I to say anything more to the king?

  • 1 Kgs 3:20-21
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    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.

    21 And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.

  • 1 Sam 28:22-25
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    22 So now, give ear to the voice of your servant, and let me give you a little bread; and take some food to give you strength when you go on your way.

    23 But he would not, saying, I have no desire for food. But his servants, together with the woman, made him take food, and he gave way to them. So he got up from the earth, and took his seat on the bed.

    24 And the woman had in the house a young cow, made fat for food; and she put it to death straight away; and she took meal and got it mixed and made unleavened bread;

    25 And she put it before Saul and his servants, and they had a meal. Then they got up and went away the same night.

  • 2 Sam 3:34-35
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    34 Your hands were free, your feet were not chained: like the downfall of a man before evil men, so was your fall. And the weeping of the people over him went on again.

    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 13:21-22
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    21 And crying out to the man of God who came from Judah, he said, The Lord says, Because you have gone against the voice of the Lord, and have not done as you were ordered by the Lord,

    22 But have come back, and have taken food and water in this place where he said you were to take no food or water; your dead body will not be put to rest with your fathers.

  • 1 Sam 30:12
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    12 And they gave him part of a cake of figs and some dry grapes; and after the food, his spirit came back to him, for he had had no food or drink for three days and nights.

  • 2 Kgs 6:28-30
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    28 And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.

    29 So, boiling my son, we had a meal of him; and on the day after I said to her, Now give your son for our food; but she has put her son in a secret place.

    30 Then the king, hearing what the woman said, took his robes in his hands, violently parting them; and, while he was walking on the wall, the people, looking, saw that under his robe he had haircloth on his flesh.

  • 1 Kgs 17:20
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    20 And crying to the Lord he said, O Lord my God, have you sent evil even on the widow whose guest I am, by causing her son's death?

  • 1 Sam 20:34
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    34 So Jonathan got up from the table, burning with wrath, and took no part in the feast the second day of the month, being full of grief for David because his father had put shame on him.

  • 1 Kgs 19:21
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    21 And he went back, and took the oxen and put them to death, and cooking their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, he gave the people a feast. Then he got up and went after Elijah and became his servant.

  • 2 Sam 3:31
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    31 And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.

  • 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.

  • 2 Sam 19:1
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    1 And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.

  • Ezek 24:17
    68%

    17 Let there be no sound of sorrow; make no weeping for your dead, put on your head-dress and your shoes on your feet, let not your lips be covered, and do not take the food of those in grief.

  • Ps 35:14
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    14 My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

  • 1 Kgs 21:5
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    5 But Jezebel, his wife, came to him and said, Why is your spirit so bitter that you have no desire for food?

  • 2 Sam 14:2
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    2 And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:

  • 2 Kgs 4:20
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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.

  • 2 Sam 15:30
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    30 And David went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives weeping all the way, with his head covered and no shoes on his feet: and all the people who were with him, covering their heads, went up weeping.

  • Matt 12:3
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    3 But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

  • 2 Sam 1:17
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    17 Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:

  • 1 Chr 10:12
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    12 All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.

  • 2 Sam 18:33
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    33 Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!

  • 2 Kgs 9:34
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    34 And he came in, and took food and drink; then he said, Now see to this cursed woman, and put her body into the earth, for she is a king's daughter.

  • 2 Sam 19:5
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    5 And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants who even now have kept you and your sons and your daughters and your wives and all your women safe from death;

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
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    12 Up, then! go back to your house; and in the hour when your feet go into the town, the death of the child will take place.

  • 1 Sam 24:16
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    16 So let the Lord be judge, and give a decision between me and you, and see and give support to my cause, and keep me from falling into your hands.

  • 1 Sam 30:4
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    4 Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer.