2 Samuel 12:17
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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.

the elders

2 Samuel 3:35 And when all the people came to take meat with David, while it was yet broad day, David swore, saying: So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or any thing else before sunset.

1 Samuel 28:23 But he refused, and said: I will not eat. But his servants and the woman forced him, and at length hearkening to their voice, he arose from the ground, and sat upon the bed.

Context
David's Loss and Repentance
16And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground. 17And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat 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 when the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how much more will he afflict himself if we tell him that the child is dead?…
Cross References
Genesis 24:2
And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh,

2 Samuel 3:35
And when all the people came to take meat with David, while it was yet broad day, David swore, saying: So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or any thing else before sunset.

2 Samuel 12:18
And 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 when the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how much more will he afflict himself if we tell him that the child is dead?

Psalm 102:4
I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.

Daniel 6:18
And the king went away to his house, and laid himself down without taking supper, and meat was not set before him, and even sleep departed from him.

Lexicon
The elders
זִקְנֵ֤י (ziq·nê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2205: Old

of his household
בֵיתוֹ֙ (ḇê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

stood
וַיָּקֻ֜מוּ (way·yā·qu·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

beside him
עָלָ֔יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

to help him up
לַהֲקִימ֖וֹ (la·hă·qî·mōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the ground,
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

but he was unwilling
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

and would not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

eat
בָרָ֥א (ḇā·rā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1254: To create, to cut down, select, feed

anything with them.
אִתָּ֖ם (’it·tām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among


Additional Translations
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.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.

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.

And the elders of his house arose and went to him to raise him up from the ground, but he would not rise, nor did he eat bread with them.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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;
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