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She fell at his feet and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame! Please let your servant speak in your ears. Hear the words of your servant.
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Verse 24. Iniquity, or the punishment of this fault, verse 28. Calmet.—She wishes to divest the mind of David from the consideration of her husband’s incivility; and, after condemning it herself, insinuates that it would be unbecoming for a great king to mind so insignificant an enemy, verse 28. Bible.—Thus the emperor Adrian, and Louis XII. would not resent the affronts which they had received before they were raised to that high dignity. Tirinus.
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