1Sa 28:23 | NET2full | STEP | But he refused , saying , “I won’t eat !” Both his servants and the woman urged him to eat, so he gave in . He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed .

1 Samuel 28:23

23 But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged ^{▼▼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).} him to eat, so he gave in. ^{▼▼tn Heb “he listened to their voice.”} He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.