2 Samuel 12:16

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁶David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.^(A)

2 Samuel 12:16

New International Version

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

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

¹⁷The elders of his house stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

¹⁷The 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)

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

New International Version (NIV)