1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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II Samuel 12:13

And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: *The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die.

Ecclesiasticus 47:13.

Sinned. His confession was sincere, and very different from that of Saul, 1 Kings 15:24. "The expression was the same; but God saw the difference of the heart." (St. Augustine, contra Faust. 22:27.) --- 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, ver. 10. (Calmet) --- "The speedy remission shewed the greatness of the king's repentance." (St. Ambrose, Apol. 2.)