Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
Psalm 69:10
When I wept in my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.
Isaiah 22:12
Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.
Acts 9:9
And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

Lay all night

2 Samuel 13:31
Then the king arose, tore his clothes and lay on the ground; and all his servants were standing by with clothes torn.
Job 20:12
“Though evil is sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,