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2 Samuel 12:16
New King James Version
2 Samuel 12:16
New King James Version
16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and (A)lay all night on the ground.
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2 Samuel 12:21-22
New King James Version
2 Samuel 12:21-22
New King James Version
21 Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child died, you arose and ate food.”
22 And he said, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept; (A)for I said, ‘Who can tell whether [a]the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’
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- 2 Samuel 12:22 Heb. mss., Syr. God
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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