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David`s heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to Yahweh, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.
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A Delayed Awakening
Commentators note that David's conscience didn't convict him immediately. It took nearly ten months after the census began for his "heart to smite him." This shows that even a person close to God can be slow to recognize their own sin. However, once his conscience was awakened, his immediate and full confession serves as a powerful example.
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2 Samuel
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19th Century
Anglican
David’s heart smote him. —This time David’s own conscience was awakened, without the necessity of being roused, as in the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And David's heart smote him, after that had numbered the people For nine or ten month…
Presbyterian
It is well, when a person has sinned, if they have a heart within to convict them for it. If we confess our sins, we may pray in faith that God wou…
