David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:15After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
2 Samuel 13:31Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
Nehemiah 1:4When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
Treasury of Scripture
David therefore sought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
besought
2 Samuel 12:22
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
Psalm 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Isaiah 26:16
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
fasted [heb] fasted a fast
Esther 4:16
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Psalm 69:10
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
Isaiah 22:12
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
lay all night
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 20:12-14
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; …
