2 Samuel 12:16-18

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁶ David therefore sought God about the boy; and David ^(A)fasted and went and ^(B)spent the night lying on the ground. ^17 (C)And the elders of his household stood beside him in order to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them. ¹⁸ Then it happened on the seventh day that the child died. And the servants of David 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 our voice. How then can we tell him that the child has died? He might do himself harm!”