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2 Samuel 12:16 Explained in Context

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Verse 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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Role in This Section

2 Samuel 12:16 contributes this particular line to the movement: “David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon…”.

Read It With

  • 2 Samuel 12:16–23

Read 2 Samuel 12:16 with 12:16–23. 2 Samuel 12:16 advances “David Fasts, the Child Dies, and David Rises” through the concrete textual step “David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: David pleads and lies on the ground while the child lives, then worships and eats after death because the outcome cannot be reversed.

Why It Needs Context

2 Samuel 12:16 depends on 12:16–23; isolating “David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, or transition from “David Fasts, the Child Dies, and David Rises.”

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The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.

Read 2 Samuel 12:16–23 — David Fasts, the Child Dies, and David Rises
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How certain is this explanation? strong

These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.

Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.

Exact location: 2 Samuel 12:16-23, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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hebrew text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Samuel

Open Scriptures

Open Scriptures, release 2.2

Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, repeated verbs, names, syntax, and the base text behind translation and textual discussion.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Sam.xml, 12:16-23

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