2 Samuel 12:17

Overview - 2 Samuel 12
Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb causes David to be his own judge.
David, reproved by Nathan, confesses his sin, and is pardoned.
15 David mourns and prays for the child while it lives.
24 Solomon is born, and named Jedidiah.
26 David takes Rabbah, and tortures the people thereof.
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2 Samuel 12:17  (King James Version)
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.
 


the elders
3:35 1 Samuel 28:23