2 Samuel 12:16-18

Jubilee Bible 2000

¹⁶ David, therefore, besought God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night upon the earth.

¹⁷ And the elders of his house arose and went to him to raise him up from the earth, but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

¹⁸ And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died. And the slaves of David feared to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice; how much more will it trouble him if we tell him that the child is dead?