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2 Samuel 12:16
New English Translation
2 Samuel 12:16
New English Translation
16 Then David prayed to[a] God for the child and fasted.[b] He would even[c] go and spend the night lying on the ground.
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- 2 Samuel 12:16 tn Heb “sought” or “searched for.”
- 2 Samuel 12:16 tn Heb “and David fasted.”
- 2 Samuel 12:16 tn The three Hebrew verbs that follow in this verse are perfects with prefixed vav. They may describe repeated past actions or actions which accompanied David’s praying and fasting.
2 Samuel 12:16
New International Version
2 Samuel 12:16
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.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 12:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have in sackcloth.
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