2 Samuel 12:18

New American Standard Bible 2020

Then it happened on the seventh day that the child died. And David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Behold, while the child was still alive, we spoke to him and he did not listen to us. How then can we tell him that the child is dead, since he might do himself harm?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:17

The elders of his household stood beside him in order to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them.

2 Samuel 12:19

But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; so David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” And they said, “He is dead.”

Numbers 20:15

that our fathers went down to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our fathers badly.