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2 Samuel 12:16-17
King James Version
2 Samuel 12:16-17
King James Version
16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
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2 Samuel 12:16-17
New International Version
2 Samuel 12:16-17
New International Version
16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying(A) in sackcloth[a] on the ground. 17 The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused,(B) and he would not eat any food with them.(C)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 12:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have in sackcloth.
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