2 Samuel 12:17

The Scriptures 1998

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.

Cross References

Genesis 24:2

And Aḇ

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 the grave to my son in mourning.” So his father wept for him.

2 Samuel 12:18

And on the seventh day it came to be that the child died. And the servants of Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 3:35

And all the people came to cause Dawiḏ

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.

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.