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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Passages linked to 2 Samuel 12:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 3:35 All the people came to urge David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun goes down.”
- 1 Samuel 28:23 But he refused, and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Thinking by his instant prayer that God would have…
Thinking by his instant prayer that God would have restored his child, but God hath otherwise determined.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 12:17 And the elders of his house arose,…
2Sa 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.
Ver. 17. But he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.] It is easy to observe that good man, David, too passionately attached to his children: and that these strong affections brought strong afflictions.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The elders of his house; the chief officers of…
The elders of his house; the chief officers of his kingdom and household who were there present.
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 from the Divine displeasure manifested herein; and particularly from a just apprehension of the injury which he had done to the child by his sin, which justice obliged him to do his utmost to repair by prayer or other means.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass on the seventh day,…
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died,.... Not the seventh day from its being taken ill, but from its birth; for it cannot be thought that David should fast seven days:
and the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; lest he should be overwhelmed with too much sorrow:
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for they said, behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him; to rise from the ground, and eat food:
and he would not hearken unto our voice; we could not prevail upon him to do the one nor the other:
how will he then vex himself if we tell him that the child is dead? or should we acquaint him with it, "he will do mischief" (w) to himself, to his body; he will tear his flesh to pieces, and cut and kill himself; this they were afraid of, observing the distress and agony he was in while it was living, and therefore they concluded these would increase upon hearing of its death.
(w) , Sept. "faciat malum", Pagninus, Montanus; "malum sibi inferet", Syr. Ar.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Elders - The chief officers of his kingdom and…
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.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Sa 12:17. The elders of his house — The…
2Sa 12:17. The elders of his house — 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.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 17. The elders of his house — The oldest,…
17. The elders of his house — The oldest, most experienced, and confidential of his servants.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. the elders of his house] His oldest and…
17. the elders of his house] His oldest and most confidential servants. Cp. Gen_24:2; Gen_50:7.
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