¹⁸ Then on the seventh day it came to pass that the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead. For they said, “Indeed, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not heed our voice. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He may do some harm!”

^15 (A)how our fathers went down to Egypt, ^(B)and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, ^(C)and the Egyptians ^[a]afflicted us and our fathers.