Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
Lay all night
Bible References
Fasted
Esther 4:16
Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, night or day. My maidservants and I will also fast in the same way. And so I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law. And if I perish, I perish.
Psalm 69:10
When I humbled my soul with fasting, it turned to my reproach.
Isaiah 22:12
And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
Acts 9:9
And he was three days not seeing, and did not eat or drink.
Lay all night
2 Samuel 13:31
And the king arose and tore his garments, and lay on the earth. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
Job 20:12
Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue;