2 Samuel 12:17 - Revised Version 1885

And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

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And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

His older house servants arose [in the night] and went to him to raise him up from the floor, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

The senior servants of his house approached him to lift him up off the ground, but he refused, and he wouldn’t eat with them either.

Then the elders of his house came, urging him to rise up from the ground. And he was not willing, nor would he eat a meal with them.

And the ancients of his house came to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.