"David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth."
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Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
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?
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
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.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.
And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.