2 Samuel 12:17
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.
Cross-references
2 Samuel 3:35
Parallel
In 2 Samuel 3:35, David similarly refuses food while mourning Abner's death, showing this fasting is a consistent pattern of his grief.
Genesis 37:35
Parallel
In Genesis 37:35, Jacob refuses comfort after Joseph's apparent death, just as David refuses food — both grieving fathers reject consolation.
1 Samuel 28:23
Parallel
In 1 Samuel 28:23, Saul also refuses food when distressed, but his servants force him — a parallel of a leader refusing sustenance in anguish.