2 Samuel 12:17
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New International Version (©2011)
The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The elders of his household stood beside him in order to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The elders of his house stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

International Standard Version (©2012)
His closest advisors at the palace got up, remained with him, and tried to help him get up from the ground, but he would not do so. He also wouldn't eat with them.

NET Bible (©2006)
The elders of his house stood over him and tried to lift him from the ground, but he was unwilling, and refused to eat food with them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The older leaders in his palace stood beside him to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling. And he wouldn't eat with them.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
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.

American King James Version
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.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And the elders of his house rise against him, to raise him up from the earth, and he hath not been willing, nor hath he eaten with them bread;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:15-25 David now penned the 51st Psalm, in which, though he had been assured that his sin was pardoned, he prays earnestly for pardon, and greatly laments his sin. He was willing to bear the shame of it, to have it ever before him, to be continually upbraided with it. God gives us leave to be earnest with him in prayer for particular blessings, from trust in his power and general mercy, though we have no particular promise to build upon. David patiently submitted to the will of God in the death of one child, and God made up the loss to his advantage, in the birth of another. The way to have creature comforts continued or restored, or the loss made up some other way, is cheerfully to resign them to God. God, by his grace, particularly owned and favoured that son, and ordered him to be called Jedidiah, Beloved of the Lord. Our prayers for our children are graciously and as fully answered when some of them die in their infancy, for they are well taken care of, and when others live, beloved of the Lord.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth,.... To persuade him to rise up, and sit upon a seat, and go to bed, after having taken some food; these were some of the chief officers at court, and had the management of the affairs of his household:

but he would not; they could not persuade him to it:

neither did he eat bread with them; that evening, as he had used to do; they being the princes of his court, who were wont to sit at table with him.

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David's Loss and Repentance
…16David therefore sought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth. 17And 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. 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 spoke to him, and he would not listen to our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? …

Genesis 24:2 He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh.
2 Samuel 3:35 Then they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!"
2 Samuel 12:18 On the seventh day the child died. David's attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, "While the child was still living, he wouldn't listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate."
Psalm 102:4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
Daniel 6:18 Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.