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David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” Nathan said to David, “The LORD also has put away your sin. You will not die.
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Verse 13. Sinned. His confession was sincere, and very different from that of Saul, 1 Kennicott. 15:24. “The expression was the same; but God saw the difference of the heart.” Saint Augustine con. Faust. xxii. 27.—Sin. He has remitted the fault and the eternal punishment, and he has greatly diminished the temporal chastisement, and will not inflict instant death, as he seemed to have threatened, verse 10. Calmet.—“The speedy remission shewed the greatness of the king’s repentance.” Saint Ambrose Apol. 2.
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