2 Samuel 12:17

2 Samuel 12:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise him up from the ground. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

Context of 2 Samuel 12:17

15So Nathan went to his house. Then the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s widow bore to David, so that he was very sick. 16David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground. 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. 18Then it happened on the seventh day that the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Behold, while the child was still alive, we spoke to him and he did not listen to our voice. How then can we tell him that the child is dead, since he might do himself harm!” 19But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; so David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” And they said, “He is dead.”

2 Samuel 12:17 word by word

וַיָּקֻ֜מוּ זִקְנֵ֤י בֵיתוֹ֙ עָלָ֔יו לַהֲקִימ֖וֹ מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְלֹ֣א אָבָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־בָרָ֥א אִתָּ֖ם לָֽחֶם׃Read the interlinear

• The eldersזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
• of his householdבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• stoodקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• besideעַל‛al · uponH5921
• him up from the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• but he was unwillingלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• but he was unwillingאָבָה'âbâh · be willingH14
• and would not eatבָּרָהbârâh · to eatH1262
• foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 12:17

• 2 Samuel 3:35Then all the people came to persuade David to eat bread while it was still day; but David vowed, saying, “May God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down.”
• 1 Samuel 28:23But he refused and said, “I will not eat.” However, his servants together with the woman urged him, and he listened to them. So he arose from the ground and sat on the bed.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 12:17

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-25Verses 15-25 David now penned the 51st Psalm, in which, though he had been assured that his sin was pardoned, he prays earnestly for pardon, and greatly laments his sin. He was willing to bear the shame of it, to have it ever before him, to be continually upbraided with it. God gives us leave to be earnest with him in prayer for particular blessings, from trust in his power and general mercy, though we have no particular promise to build upon. David…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31Chapter 12 expands on the final part of 2 Samuel 11:27.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2315-23. the Lord struck the child ... and it was very sick--The first visible chastisement inflicted on David appeared on the person of that child which was the evidence and monument of his guilt. His domestics were surprised at his conduct, and in explanation of its singularity, it is necessary to remark that the custom in the East is to leave the nearest relative of a deceased person to the full and undisturbed indulgence of his grief, till on the third…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 12:17

• Bereavement
• Children
• David
• Fasting
• Government

In the dictionaries

• Bathsheba
• David
• Fast
• Fourfold
• Parable
• Samuel, Books of
• Solomon
• Uriah
• Bible, the
• Fast; Fasting

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings