2 Samuel 12:17

English Standard Version 2016

And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:35

Then all the people came to persuade David to eat bread while it was yet day. But David swore, saying, “God do so to me and more also, if I taste bread or anything else till the sun goes down!”

1 Samuel 28:23

He refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, urged him, and he listened to their words. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.

Genesis 24:2

And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh,

2 Samuel 12:18

On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us. How then can we say to him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm.”

Psalm 102:4

My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.

Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.