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.

16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

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

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31 The king stood up, tore(A) his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.

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31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

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31 So the king arose and (A)tore his garments and (B)lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

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