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2 Samuel 12:17

Grief

15 After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

16 David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

18 On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”

19 When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he perceived that the child was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.

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BSB
The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
KJV
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And the elders of his house arose, [and went] to him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he ate no bread with them.
BLB
And the elders of his house arose beside him to raise him up from the ground, and he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
ÅB
De eldste i hans hus kom og ville reise ham opp fra jorden; men han ville ikke og spiste ikke sammen med dem.
OTB
De eldste i hans hus sto ved siden av ham for å hjelpe ham opp fra jorden, men han ville ikke, og han ville ikke spise mat med dem.
B1930
De eldste i hans hus kom og vilde reise ham op fra jorden; men han vilde ikke og åt ikke sammen med dem.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 3:35

    Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”

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  • 1 Samuel 28:23

    Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.

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