1 Samuel 28:23

New American Bible - revised edition

But he refused, saying, “I will not eat.” However, when his servants joined the woman in urging him, he listened to their entreaties, got up from the ground, and sat on a couch.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:4

Ahab went home disturbed and angry at the answer Naboth the Jezreelite had given him: “I will not give you my ancestral heritage.” Lying down on his bed, he turned away and would not eat.

2 Kings 4:8

One day Elisha came to Shunem, where there was a woman of influence, who pressed him to dine with her. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he would stop there to dine.

2 Kings 5:13

But his servants came up and reasoned with him: “My father, if the prophet told you to do something extraordinary, would you not do it? All the more since he told you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”

Proverbs 25:20

Like the removal of clothes on a cold day, or vinegar on soda, is the one who sings to a troubled heart.

Ezekiel 23:41

You sat on a magnificent couch, set before it a table, on which to lay my incense and oil.

Luke 14:23

The master then ordered the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedgerows and make people come in that my home may be filled.

Luke 24:29

But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.

Acts 16:15

After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home,” and she prevailed on us. Imprisonment at Philippi.

2 Corinthians 5:14

For the love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died.

1 Samuel 28:22

Now you, in turn, please listen to your maidservant. Let me set out a bit of food for you to eat, so that you are strong enough to go on your way.”