2 Samuel 12:17-19

EasyEnglish Bible

¹⁷ His palace officers stood around him. They tried to help him to get up from the ground. But he refused and he would not eat anything with them.

¹⁸ On the seventh day, the child died. David's officers were afraid to tell him. They thought, ‘Even when the child was alive, David refused to listen to us. So what will happen if we tell him that the child is dead? He might try to hurt himself.’

¹⁹ But David saw that his officers were speaking secretly to each other. So he realized that the child had died. He asked them, ‘Is the child dead?’

They replied, ‘Yes, he is dead.’