After seven days of fasting, King David “got up from the earth and washed and rubbed himself with oil and changed his mantles and came to the house of Jehovah. ” ​ — 2 Samuel 12: 20.
Edhe mbreti David pas shtatë ditësh agjërimi, « u ngrit nga toka, u la, u lye me vaj, ndërroi mantelin, vajti në shtëpinë e Jehovait ». ​ — 2 Samuelit 12: 20.