And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?
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19But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.
20Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.
21Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.
22And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?
23But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.
13And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.
14But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.
15Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.
16So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.
17And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.
36And while he was talking, the king's sons came, with weeping and loud cries: and the king and all his servants were weeping bitterly.
37So Absalom went in flight and came to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur, where he was for three years.
12Up, then! go back to your house; and in the hour when your feet go into the town, the death of the child will take place.
20And Joab said, You will take no news today; another day you may give him the news, but you will take no news today, because the king's son is dead.
31And Gehazi went on before them and put the stick on the child's face; but there was no voice, and no one gave attention. So he went back, and meeting him gave him the news, saying, The child is not awake.
32And when Elisha came into the house he saw the child dead, stretched on his bed.
30Now while they were on their way, news was given to David that Absalom had put to death all the sons of the king and that not one of them was still living.
4And David said to him, How did things go? Give me the news. And in answer he said, The people have gone in flight from the fight, and a great number of them are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.
5And David said to the young man who gave him the news, Why are you certain that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?
19In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.
20And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.
21And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.
24And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.
19And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.
20And he took him in to his mother, and she took him on her knees and kept him there till the middle of the day, when his life went from him.
26And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.
27And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.
15And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death.
16And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.
17Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests.
33Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!
1And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.
2And the salvation of that day was changed to sorrow for all the people: for it was said to the people, The king is in bitter grief for his son.
20And when she was very near death the women who were with her said, Have no fear, for you have given birth to a son. But she made no answer and gave no attention to it.
5And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:
17Now after this, the son of the woman of the house became ill, so ill that there was no breath in him.
38And about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him.
11Not one living man or woman did David ever take back with him to Gath, fearing that they might give an account of what had taken place, and say, This is what David did, and so has he been doing all the time while he has been living in the land of the Philistines.
17Then Jeroboam's wife got up and went away and came to Tirzah; and when she came to the doorway of the house, death came to the child.
39And the heart of David was wasted with desire for Absalom: for he was comforted for the death of Amnon.
10And Absalom, whom we made a ruler over us, is dead in the fight. So now why do you say nothing about getting the king back? And word of what all Israel was saying came to the king.
7If he says, It is well, your servant will be at peace: but if he is angry, then it will be clear to you that he has an evil purpose in mind against me.
7And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.
31When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.
23And Michal, Saul's daughter, had no child till the day of her death.
12So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.
20And crying to the Lord he said, O Lord my God, have you sent evil even on the widow whose guest I am, by causing her son's death?
12And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.
1Now King David was old and far on in years; and though they put covers over him, his body was cold.