¹⁷ And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

¹ And it came to pass, after the year had expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and destroyed Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.