~ child was yet alive ~ 10_2SA_12_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? #, 10_2SA_12_22  And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, Who can tell [whether] GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? #,