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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, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don't eat and don't drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish!"
Psalm 69:10
I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.
Isaiah 22:12
At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.
Acts 9:9
For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything.

Lay all night

2 Samuel 13:31
Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.
Job 20:12
"If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

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