'Talked' in the Bible

A week later, the child died, and David's staff was afraid to tell him that the child had died. They were telling themselves, "Look, when the child was still alive, we talked to him but he wouldn't listen to what we said. Now what kind of trouble will he bring on himself if we tell him that the child has died?"

The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has talked to me. "When one is governing men justly, he fears God while governing.