2 Samuel 12:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 3:35 : 35 And all the people come to cause David to eat bread while yet day, and David sweareth, saying, `Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add, for -- before the going in of the sun, I taste no bread or any other thing.'
  • 1 Sam 28:23 : 23 And he refuseth, and saith, `I do not eat;' and his servants urge on him, and also the woman, and he hearkeneth to their voice, and riseth from the earth, and sitteth on the bed.

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  • 2 Sam 12:18-23
    6 verses
    84%

    18and it cometh to pass on the seventh day, that the lad dieth, and the servants of David fear to declare to him that the lad is dead, for they said, `Lo, in the lad being alive we spake unto him, and he did not hearken to our voice; and how do we say unto him, The lad is dead? -- then he hath done evil.'

    19And David seeth that his servants are whispering, and David understandeth that the lad is dead, and David saith unto his servants, `Is the lad dead?' and they say, `Dead.'

    20And David riseth from the earth, and doth bathe and anoint `himself', and changeth his raiment, and cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and boweth himself, and cometh unto his house, and asketh and they place for him bread, and he eateth.

    21And his servants say unto him, `What `is' this thing thou hast done? because of the living lad thou hast fasted and dost weep, and when the lad is dead thou hast risen and dost eat bread.'

    22And he saith, `While the lad is alive I have fasted, and weep, for I said, Who knoweth? -- Jehovah doth pity me, and the lad hath lived;

    23and now, he hath died, why `is' this -- I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.'

  • 2 Sam 12:15-16
    2 verses
    82%

    15And Nathan goeth unto his house, and Jehovah smiteth the lad, whom the wife of Uriah hath born to David, and it is incurable;

    16and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.

  • 1 Sam 28:22-24
    3 verses
    78%

    22and now, hearken, I pray thee, also thou, to the voice of thy maid-servant, and I set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat, and there is in thee power when thou goest in the way.'

    23And he refuseth, and saith, `I do not eat;' and his servants urge on him, and also the woman, and he hearkeneth to their voice, and riseth from the earth, and sitteth on the bed.

    24And the woman hath a calf of the stall in the house, and she hasteth and slaughtereth it, and taketh flour, and kneadeth, and baketh it unleavened things,

  • 2 Sam 3:34-35
    2 verses
    75%

    34Thy hands not bound, And thy feet to fetters not brought nigh! As one falling before sons of evil -- Thou hast fallen!' and all the people add to weep over him.

    35And all the people come to cause David to eat bread while yet day, and David sweareth, saying, `Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add, for -- before the going in of the sun, I taste no bread or any other thing.'

  • 1 Sam 20:34
    71%

    34And Jonathan riseth from the table in the heat of anger, and hath not eaten food on the second day of the new moon, for he hath been grieved for David, for his father put him to shame.

  • 2 Kgs 4:20
    70%

    20and he beareth him, and bringeth him in unto his mother, and he sitteth on her knees till the noon, and dieth.

  • Job 2:13
    70%

    13And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.

  • 2 Sam 11:13
    70%

    13and David calleth for him, and he eateth before him, and drinketh, and he causeth him to drink, and he goeth out in the evening to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, and unto his house he hath not gone down.

  • 1 Sam 30:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11and they find a man, an Egyptian, in the field, and take him unto David, and give to him bread, and he eateth, and they cause him to drink water,

    12and give to him a piece of a bunch of dried figs, and two bunches of raisins, and he eateth, and his spirit returneth unto him, for he hath not eaten bread nor drunk water three days and three nights.

  • 2 Sam 1:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11And David taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them, and also all the men who `are' with him,

    12and they mourn, and weep, and fast till the evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel, because they have fallen by the sword.

  • 2 Sam 13:31
    70%

    31and the king riseth, and rendeth his garments, and lieth on the earth, and all his servants are standing by `with' rent garments.

  • 1 Kgs 17:17
    69%

    17And it cometh to pass, after these things, the son of the woman, mistress of the house, hath been sick, and his sickness is very severe till that no breath hath been left in him.

  • Job 33:20
    69%

    20And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

  • 1 Kgs 13:22
    69%

    22and turnest back and dost eat bread and drink water in the place of which He said unto thee, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water -- thy carcase cometh not in unto the burying-place of thy fathers.'

  • 2 Sam 11:8-10
    3 verses
    69%

    8And David saith to Uriah, `Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet;' and Uriah goeth out of the king's house, and there goeth out after him a gift from the king,

    9and Uriah lieth down at the opening of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and hath not gone down unto his house.

    10And they declare to David, saying, `Uriah hath not gone down unto his house;' and David saith unto Uriah, `Hast thou not come from a journey? wherefore hast thou not gone down unto thy house?'

  • Gen 37:35
    69%

    35and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, `For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.

  • 1 Sam 28:20
    68%

    20And Saul hasteth and falleth -- the fulness of his stature -- to the earth, and feareth greatly because of the words of Samuel; also power was not in him, for he had not eaten bread all the day, and all the night.

  • Jer 16:7
    68%

    7Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.

  • 2 Sam 15:30
    68%

    30And David is going up in the ascent of the olives, going up and weeping, and he hath the head covered, and he is going barefooted, and all the people who `are' with him have covered each his head, and have gone up, going up and weeping;

  • 1 Kgs 17:20
    68%

    20and crieth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Jehovah my God, also on the widow with whom I am sojourning hast Thou done evil -- to put her son to death?'

  • 1 Kgs 21:4
    68%

    4and Ahab cometh in unto his house, sulky and wroth, because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite hath spoken unto him when he saith, `I do not give to thee the inheritance of my fathers,' and he lieth down on his bed, and turneth round his face, and hath not eaten bread.

  • 1 Chr 10:12
    68%

    12and all the men of valour rise and bear away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and bring them in to Jabesh, and bury their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fast seven days.

  • 2 Sam 19:28
    68%

    28for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and thou dost set thy servant among those eating at thy table, and what right have I any more -- even to cry any more unto the king?'

  • Ezek 24:17
    68%

    17Cease to groan, `for' the dead thou dost make no mourning, thy bonnet bind on thee, and thy shoes thou dost put on thy feet, and thou dost not cover over the upper lip, and bread of men thou dost not eat.'

  • 2 Sam 3:31
    68%

    31And David saith unto Joab, and unto all the people who `are' with him, `Rend your garments, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner;' and king David is going after the bier.

  • 1 Kgs 17:11
    67%

    11And she goeth to bring `it', and he calleth unto her and saith, `Bring, I pray thee, to me a morsel of bread in thy hand.'

  • 1 Kgs 1:1
    67%

    1And king David `is' old, entering into days, and they cover him with garments, and he hath no heat,

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    67%

    17And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son;

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
    67%

    12`And thou, rise, go to thy house; in the going in of thy feet to the city -- hath the lad died;

  • 1 Sam 30:4
    67%

    4And David lifteth up -- and the people who `are' with him -- their voice and weep, till that they have no power to weep.

  • 2 Sam 13:36
    67%

    36And it cometh to pass at his finishing to speak, that lo, the sons of the king have come, and they lift up their voice, and weep, and also the king and all his servants have wept -- a very great weeping.

  • Ps 35:14
    67%

    14As `if' a friend, as `if' my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

  • 1 Kgs 13:15-16
    2 verses
    67%

    15And he saith unto him, `Come with me to the house, and eat bread.'

    16And he saith, `I am not able to turn back with thee, and to go in with thee, nor do I eat bread or drink with thee water in this place,

  • Matt 12:3
    67%

    3And he said to them, `Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him --

  • 2 Kgs 4:32
    67%

    32And Elisha cometh in to the house, and lo, the youth is dead, laid on his bed,

  • 1 Kgs 18:42
    67%

    42And Ahab goeth up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah hath gone up unto the top of Carmel, and he stretcheth himself out on the earth, and he placeth his face between his knees,