World English Bible
2 Samuel 12:16
“David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 12
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.
Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
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.
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?
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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