Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.

所以大卫为这孩子恳求神，而且禁食，进入内室，终夜躺在地上。

大卫为这孩子恳求上帝。大卫刻苦禁食，到里面去，躺在地上过夜。

大卫为这孩子恳求神。大卫刻苦禁食，到里面去，躺在地上过夜。

大卫为这孩子向上帝哀求，并且禁食，他进到里面，整夜躺在地上。

大卫为那孩子恳求神，并且禁食。他进房里去，终夜躺在地上。

所以大衛為這孩子懇求神，而且禁食，進入內室，終夜躺在地上。

大衛為這孩子懇求上帝。大衛刻苦禁食，到裏面去，躺在地上過夜。

大衛為這孩子懇求神。大衛刻苦禁食，到裏面去，躺在地上過夜。

大衛為這孩子向上帝哀求，並且禁食，他進到裡面，整夜躺在地上。

大衛為那孩子懇求神，並且禁食。他進房裡去，終夜躺在地上。

大衛就為這孩子求問上帝；苦苦地禁食，進入內室，穿着麻布，躺在地上。

大衛為孩子向神祈求，並且禁食，進了房躺在地上過夜。

大衛為子祈禱上帝、禁食、入室終夜伏地、

大闢緣子祈禱上帝、入內禁食、竟夕俯伏於地。

大衛為子祈禱天主、入內禁食、終夜臥於地、

David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground.

David begged God to heal the child. David didn’t eat anything. He spent his nights lying on the ground. He put on the rough clothes people wear when they’re sad.

David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.

David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground.

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.

David therefore pleaded with God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.

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

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

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.

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

David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the ground.

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.

For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything.

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

At that time the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.

Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”

He replied,“ While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought,‘ Perhaps the LORD will show pity and the child will live.

“ 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!”

O LORD, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.

I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.

Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.”

“ If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.

“ Yet even now,” the LORD says,“ return to me with all your heart– with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Tear your hearts, not just your garments!”Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love– often relenting from calamitous punishment.Who knows? Perhaps he will be compassionate and grant a reprieve, and leave blessing in his wake– a meal offering and a drink offering for you to offer to the LORD your God!