17 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.
17 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.
17 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.
17 The elders in his family came in and tried to get him off the floor, but he wouldn't budge. Nor could they get him to eat anything.
17 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.
17 The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 12:17
Commentary on 2 Samuel 12:15-25
(Read 2 Samuel 12:15-25)
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 patiently submitted to the will of God in the death of one child, and God made up the loss to his advantage, in the birth of another. The way to have creature comforts continued or restored, or the loss made up some other way, is cheerfully to resign them to God. God, by his grace, particularly owned and favoured that son, and ordered him to be called Jedidiah, Beloved of the Lord. Our prayers for our children are graciously and as fully answered when some of them die in their infancy, for they are well taken care of, and when others live, "beloved of the Lord."