The elders of his house The chief officers of his kingdom and household. He would not This excessive mourning did not proceed simply from the fear of the loss of the child, but from a deep sense of his sin, and the divine displeasure manifested herein.
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2 Samuel 12:17
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.