16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and 1 Sam. 25:38lay all night on the ground.
22 And he said, "While the child was alive, I fasted and wept; Job 1:20for I said, ‘Who can tell whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’ 23 But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go Is. 38:1–5; Joel 2:14; Jon. 3:9to him, but Gen. 37:35he shall not return to me."