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2 Samuel 12:16-17
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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. 17 The elders of his house stood over him and tried to lift him from the ground, but he was unwilling, and refused to eat food with them.

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  1. 2 Samuel 12:16 tn Heb “sought” or “searched for.”
  2. 2 Samuel 12:16 tn Heb “and David fasted.”
  3. 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.
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