2 Samuel 12:16

12:16 Then David prayed to ¹  God for the child and fasted. ²  He would even ³  go and spend the night lying on the ground.

2 Samuel 12:11

12:11 This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you ⁴  from inside your own household! ⁵  Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. ⁶  He will have sexual relations with ⁷  your wives in broad daylight! ⁸ 

[12:16]  ¹ tn Heb “sought” or “searched for.”

[12:16]  ² tn Heb “and David fasted.”

[12:16]  ³ tn The three Hebrew verbs that follow in this verse are perfects with prefixed vav. They may describe repeated past actions or actions which accompanied David’s praying and fasting.

[12:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “raise up against you disaster.”

[12:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NRSV); NCV, TEV, CEV “family.”

[12:11]  ⁶ tn Or “friend.”

[12:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “will lie with” (so NIV, NRSV); TEV “will have intercourse with”; CEV, NLT “will go to bed with.”

[12:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the eyes of this sun.”