Sinai2 Samuel 12:17
American Standard Version
And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
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2 Samuel 12:17 in other translations
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.
2 Samuel 12:17 in context
- 15And Nathan departed unto his house. And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
- 16David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
- 17And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
- 18And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he hearkened not unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead!
- 19But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.