2 Samuel 12:18

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On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, “While the child was still alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us; how then can we tell him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:17

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

2 Samuel 12:19

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

Numbers 20:15

how our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians oppressed us and our ancestors;