2 Samuel 12:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

After the child had been sick for seven days, he died, but the officials were afraid to tell David. They said to each other, “Even when the boy was alive, David wouldn't listen to us. How can we tell him his son is dead? He might do something terrible!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:17

His officials stood beside him and tried to talk him into getting up. But he would not get up or eat with them.

2 Samuel 12:19

David noticed his servants whispering, and he knew the boy was dead. “Has my son died?” he asked his servants. “Yes, he has,” they answered.

Numbers 20:15

Our ancestors settled in Egypt and lived there a long time. But later the Egyptians were cruel to us,