2 Samuel 12:17

God's Word

The older leaders in his palace stood beside him to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling. And he wouldn’t eat with them.

Cross References

Genesis 24:2

So Abraham said to the senior servant of his household who was in charge of all that he owned, “Take a solemn oath.

Genesis 37:35

All his other sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “No, I will mourn for my son until I die.” This is how Joseph’s father cried over him.

2 Samuel 12:18

On the seventh day the child died. But David’s officials were afraid to tell him that the child was dead. They thought, “While the child was alive, we talked to him, and he wouldn’t listen to us. How can we tell him the child is dead? He may harm ⌞himself⌟.”

2 Samuel 3:35

That entire day all the people tried to get David to eat some food. But David had taken an oath: “May God strike me dead if I taste any food or anything else before the sun goes down.”

Psalm 102:4

My heart is beaten down and withered like grass because I have forgotten about eating.

Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night without food or company. He couldn’t get to sleep.

1 Samuel 28:23

But he refused. “I don’t want to eat,” he said. Nevertheless, his officers and the woman kept urging  him until he listened to them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed.