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On the seventh day, the child died. David’s servants 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 didn’t listen to our voice. How will he then harm himself if we tell him that the child is dead?”
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Verse 18. Day. After his birth, when he had received circumcision; (Salien) or on the 7th day since the commencement of his malady. Calmet. Menochius.
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