2 Samuel 12:17

World Messianic Bible British Edition

The elders of his house arose beside him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he didn’t eat bread with them.

Cross References

Genesis 24:2

Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh.

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.

2 Samuel 12:18

On the seventh day, the child died. David’s servants 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 didn’t listen to our voice. How will he then harm himself if we tell him that the child is dead?”

2 Samuel 3:35

All the people came to urge 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, until the sun goes down.”

Psalm 102:4

My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

1 Samuel 28:23

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