¹⁸ On the seventh day 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 yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us. How then can we say to him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm.”

^15 (A)how our fathers went down to Egypt, ^(B)and we lived in Egypt a long time. ^(C)And the Egyptians dealt harshly with us and our fathers.