Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 12:18

18 And it came to pass on the seventh day , that the child died: and the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said , Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

Either, 1. From the beginning of the Distemper. Or, rather, 2. From the day of his Birth, which is the most usual way of computation of Mens Days or Years: for it is apparent, that this happened during the time of David's Fasting, and lying upon the Earth, v. 20. which it is not probable that it lasted for Seven Days.

Whispering among themselves, v. 19.

Marginal references: Heb. do hurt.