2 Samuel 12:17
“And the Elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him vp from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eate bread with them.”
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2 Samuel 12:17 Context
15¶ And Nathan departed vnto his house: and the Lord strake the childe that Uriahs wife bare vnto Dauid, and it was very sicke. 16Dauid therfore besought God for the childe, and Dauid fasted, and went in, and lay all night vpon the earth. 17And the Elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him vp from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eate bread with them. 18And it came to passe on the seuenth day, that the childe died: and the seruants of Dauid feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they saide, Behold, while the childe was yet aliue, we spake vnto him, and he would not hearken vnto our voice: how will he then vexe himselfe, if we tell him that the childe is dead? 19But when Dauid saw that his seruants whispered, Dauid perceiued that the childe was dead: therefore Dauid said vnto his seruants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is dead.
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Other Translations for 2 Samuel 12:17
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.
- King James Version
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.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's 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.
- World English Bible
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;
- Youngs Literal Bible
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.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 12:17
12:17 Elders - The chief officers of his kingdom and household. He would not - This excessive mourning did not proceed simply from the fear of the loss of the child; but from a deep sense of his sin, and the divine displeasure manifested herein.