2 Samuel 12:18

New American Bible - revised edition

On the seventh day, the child died. David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said: “When the child was alive, we spoke to him, but he would not listen to what we said. How can we tell him the child is dead? He may do some harm!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:17

The elders of his house stood beside him to get him to rise from the ground; but he would not, nor would he take food with them.

2 Samuel 12:19

But David noticed his servants whispering among themselves and realized that the child was dead. He asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “Yes.”

Numbers 20:15

how our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors harshly.