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23 But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged[a] him to eat, so he gave in.[b] He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 28:23 tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וַיִּפְצְרוּ (vayyiftseru, “and they pressed”; from the root פָּצַר, patsar) rather than the MT’s וַיִּפְרְצוּ (vayyifretsu, “and they broke forth”; from the root פָּרַץ, parats).
  2. 1 Samuel 28:23 tn Heb “he listened to their voice.”