2 Samuel 12:17 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁷ So the elders of his house stood up over him, to raise him up from the earth. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ 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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ 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.

2 Samuel 12:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 3:35

And all the people came to cause Dawiḏ to eat food while it was still day, but Dawiḏ swore, saying, “Elohim do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or whatever else till the sun goes down!”

1 Samuel 28:23

But he refused and said, “I am not going to eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, urged him. And he listened to their voice. So he rose from the ground and sat on the bed.

Genesis 24:2

And Aḇraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please, put your hand under my thigh,

2 Samuel 12:18

And on the seventh day it came to be that the child died. And the servants of Dawiḏ were afraid to inform him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was still alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to our voice. And how do we say to him that the child is dead? Then he shall do evil!”

Psalm 102:4

My heart is stricken and withered like grass, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.

Daniel 6:18

And the sovereign went to his palace and spent the night fasting. And no entertainment was brought before him, and his sleep fled from him.

Genesis 37:35

And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “Now let me go down into She’ol to my son in mourning.” So his father wept for him.