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16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.(A)

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16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying(A) in sackcloth[a] on the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have in sackcloth.

17 The elders of his house stood beside him urging him to rise from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

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17 The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused,(A) and he would not eat any food with them.(B)

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The King Honors Mordecai

On that night the king could not sleep, and he gave orders to bring the book of records, the annals, and they were read to the king.(A)

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Mordecai Honored

That night the king could not sleep;(A) so he ordered the book of the chronicles,(B) the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.

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Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed such dreams that his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.(A)

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Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams;(A) his mind was troubled(B) and he could not sleep.(C)

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