2 Samuel 12:18-20
1599 Geneva Bible
18 So on the seventh day the child died: and the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how then shall we say unto him, The child is dead, [a]to vex him more?
19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
20 Then David [b]arose from the earth, and washed and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped, and afterward came to his own house, and bade that they should set bread before him, and he did eat.
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- 2 Samuel 12:18 Hebrew, and he will do himself evil.
- 2 Samuel 12:20 Showing that our lamentations ought not to be excessive, but moderate: and that we must praise God in all his doings.
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