15 ¶ So Nathan departed unto his house: and the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was sick.

16 David therefore besought God for the child, and fasted and [a]went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

17 Then the Elders of his house arose to come unto him, and to cause him to rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat [b]meat with them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:16 To wit, to his privy chamber.
  2. 2 Samuel 12:17 Thinking by his instant prayer that God would have restored his child, but God hath otherwise determined.

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