2 Samuel 12:16 KJV — MannaFest

2 Samuel 12:16

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

KJV

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ASV

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

WEB

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

YLT

and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.

DBT

And David besoughtGod for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.

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2 Samuel — David's reign in three movements — rise, fall, consequences — with the Davidic covenant (ch. 7) as the vertical spine down the centre. A covenant held through both rise and fall; a throne established for ever.

Author: Traditional: compilation by Nathan and Gad from Samuel's earlier records (1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1010–970 BC; compilation during Solomon's early reign

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Matthew 6:16
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
2 Samuel 13:31
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
Job 1:20
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
2 Corinthians 12:8
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
Jonah 3:9
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

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Bath-sheba . . . bare a son, and he called his name Solomon--that is, "peaceable." But Nathan gave him the name of Jedediah, by command of God, or perhaps only as an expression of God's love. This love and the noble gifts with which he was endowed, considering the criminality of the marriage from which he sprang, is a remarkable instance of divine goodness and grace.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Nathan had told him that certainly the child should die; yet, while it is in the reach of prayer, he earnestly intercedes with God for it, chiefly (as we may suppose) that its soul might be safe and happy in another world, and that his sin might not come against the child, and that it might not fare the worse for that in the future state.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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