Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 12:17

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 .

The Chief Officers of his Kingdom and Houshold who were there present.

This excessive Mourning did not proceed simply from the fear of the loss of the Child; but from a deep sence of his Sin, and from the Divine Displeasure manifested herein; and particularly, from a just apprehension of the injury which he had done to the Child by his Sin, which justice obliged him to do his utmost to repair by Prayer, or other means.