Verse 17

And the elders of his house arose and went to him, to take him vp from the earth: But he would not, neither did he eate meate with them.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 3:35 : 35 And when all the people came to cause Dauid eate meate whyle it was yet day, Dauid sware, saying: So do God to me and more also, if I taste bread or ought els tyll the sunne be downe.
• 1 Sam 28:23 : 23 He refused, and sayde: I will not eate. But his seruauntes and the woman together compelled him, and he hearkened vnto their voyce: And so he arose from the earth, and sat on a bed.