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wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the children of
Ammon.
Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you
have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your
wife. Thus says the LORD, ‘Behold, I will raise up adversity against you
from your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give
them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this
sun. For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, before
the sun.’”
And David said unto Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” And Nathan
said unto David, “The LORD also hath put away your sin; you shall not die."
‘However, because of this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies
of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely
die.’”
In addition to David’s baby son dying, three of his other sons were also killed fulfilling
the law of God
(Exodus 22:1
); Absalom had his servants kill Ammon for raping his sister
Tamar (
II Samuel 13:28-29, 32
). Absalom was killed for conspiring to topple David
from his throne (
II Samuel 18:14-18
; Adonijah was executed by Solomon for conspiring
to take over his throne (
I Kings 2:20-25
);
David’s Cry for Forgiveness
This saying of Nathan opened David’s mind to fully comprehend the terrible thing he
had done and led to his heart-broken cry for forgiveness:
Psalm 51:1-4, 9-12 “Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your
lovingkindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out
my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me
frommy sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever before
me . . . create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within
me, do not cast me away from Your presence, restore to me the joy of Your
salvation and uphold me with Your generous Spirit . . .”
Forgiving King David
Without really knowing God, and the merciful and loving God that He is, it is very
difficult for some to understand why He would have forgiven King David. Those who
would stand in judgment of David need to take into account their own sins and their
need for forgiveness.
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