2Sa 12:16, 1Ki 21:27, Jon 3:5-8 | ESV | STEP | David therefore sought God on behalf of the child . And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground .

n[See ver. 7 above]

2 Samuel 12:16

16 David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David ^afasted and went in ^band lay all night on the ground.

1 Kings 21:27

27 And when Ahab heard those words, he ^ctore his clothes and ^dput sackcloth on his flesh and ^efasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly.

Jonah 3:5-8

5 ^fAnd the people of Nineveh believed God. ^gThey called for a fast and ^hput on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

The People of Nineveh Repent

6 The word reached ^{▼▼Or had reached} the king of Nineveh, and ^jhe arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, ^kand sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, ^l“By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor ^mbeast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and ⁿbeast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. ^oLet everyone turn from his evil way and from ^pthe violence that is in his hands.