Graphic Bible · Scene 17 of 31

Household elders reach to help David rise while he turns away from their offered food.
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2 Samuel 12:17

The elders cannot raise him

Nathan's Rebuke and Mercy · 2 Samuel 12

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17The elders of his house stood beside him to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling, and he would not eat bread with them.

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