2 Samuel 12:18

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him, that the child was dead. For they said: Behold, when the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice. How much more will he afflict himself if we tell him that the child is dead?

Cross References

Numbers 20:15

In what manner our fathers went down into Egypt, and there we dwelt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

2 Samuel 12:17

And the ancients of his house came to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.

2 Samuel 12:19

But when David saw his servants whispering, he understood that the child was dead. And he said to his servants: Is the child dead? They answered him: He is dead.