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2 Samuel 12:16-18
Christian Standard Bible
2 Samuel 12:16-18
Christian Standard Bible
16 David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.(A) 17 The elders of his house stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
18 On the seventh day the baby died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him the baby was dead. They said, “Look, while the baby was alive, we spoke to him, and he wouldn’t listen to us. So how can we tell him the baby is dead? He may do something desperate.”
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