2 Samuel 12:17

12:17 The elders of his house stood over him and tried to lift him from the ground, but he was unwilling, and refused to eat food with them.

2 Samuel 23:1

David’s Final Words

23:1 These are the final words of David:

“The oracle of David son of Jesse,

the oracle of the man raised up as

the ruler chosen by the God of Jacob, ¹ 

Israel’s beloved ²  singer of songs:

[23:1]  ¹ tn Heb “the anointed one of the God of Jacob.”

[23:1]  ² tn Or “pleasant.”