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Summary

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.

Bible References

The elders

2 Samuel 3:35
And, when all the people came near to get David to eat bread, while yet it was day, David sware, saying - So, let God do to me, and, so, let him add, if, before the sun go in, I taste bread, or anything else.
1 Samuel 28:23
But he refused, and said - I will not eat. But, when his servants, and the woman also, strongly urged him, then hearkened he unto their voice, - and rose up from the earth, and sat on the bed.