2 Samuel 12:18

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

On the seventh day the baby died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him the baby was dead. They said, ‘Look, while the baby was alive, we spoke to him, and he wouldn’t listen to us. So how can we tell him the baby is dead? He may do something desperate.’

Cross References

Numbers 20:15

Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt many years, but the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.

2 Samuel 12:17

The elders of his house stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

2 Samuel 12:19

When David saw that his servants were whispering to each other, he guessed that the baby was dead. So he asked his servants, ‘Is the baby dead? ’ ‘He is dead,’ they replied.