2 Samuel 12:17
And the elders of his house arose, to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
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Context
15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Yahuah struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
16 David therefore besought Elohim for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
17 And the elders of his house arose, to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.