But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
Ver. 23. I will not eat.] If the message of death made Hezekiah weep, Isa 38:3 and the approach of it was mar mar, bitter bitterness, Isa 38:17 what wonder if Saul were so dismayed that he had no mind to his meat?