- 所以大衛為這孩子懇求 神、而且禁食、進入內室、終夜躺在地上。
- 他家中的老臣來到他旁邊、要把他從地上扶起來.他卻不肯起來、也不同他們喫飯。
- 到第七日、孩子死了。大衛的臣僕不敢告訴他孩子死了、因他們說、孩子還活著的時候、我們勸他、他尚且不肯聽我們的話、若告訴他孩子死了、豈不更加憂傷麼。
- 大衛見臣僕彼此低聲說話、就知道孩子死了.問臣僕說、孩子死了麼.他們說、死了。
- 大衛就從地上起來、沐浴、抹膏、換了衣裳.進耶和華的殿敬拜.然後回宮.吩咐人擺飯、他便喫了。
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- David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.
- 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.
- 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 is dead, since he might do himself harm!"
- But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; so David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" And they said, "He is dead."
- So David arose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he came into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he came to his own house, and when he requested, they set food before him and he ate.
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