Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 12:16 — David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

besought   2Sa 12:22; Psa 50:15; Isa 26:16; Joe 2:12-14; Jon 3:9
fasted   Heb. fasted a fast. Est 4:16; Psa 69:10; Isa 22:12; Act 9:9
lay all night   2Sa 13:31; Job 20:12-14
Correlating Passages
besought
2Sa 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?
Psa 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Isa 26:16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them.
Joe 2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
Joe 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Joe 2:14 Who knoweth [if] he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; [even] a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
Jon 3:9 Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
fasted
Est 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.
Psa 69:10 When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
Isa 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:
Act 9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
lay all night
2Sa 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 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;
Job 20:13 [Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
Job 20:14 [Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 12:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Sa/12/16.html>.

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