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THE SECOND BOOK OF
SAMUEL
OTHERWISE CALLED
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS
CHAPTER 12
  13 And David said unto Nathan, I have asinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also bhath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

Footnotes
13a
Gen. 39: 9.
  9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great awickedness, and bsin against God?
1 Sam. 15: 24.
  24 ¶ And Saul said unto Samuel, I have asinned: for I have btransgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I cfeared the people, and obeyed their voice.
Ps. 51: 4.
  4 Against thee, thee only, have I asinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be bjustified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
b
HEB hath caused to pass; i.e. he was not punished immediately by death; but he did not escape punishment.
D&C 132: 39.
  39 aDavid’s wives and concubines were bgiven unto him of me, by the hand of Nathan, my servant, and others of the prophets who had the ckeys of this power; and in none of these things did he dsin against me save in the case of eUriah and his wife; and, therefore he hath ffallen from his exaltation, and received his portion; and he shall not inherit them out of the world, for I ggave them unto another, saith the Lord.
JST 2 Sam. 12: 13 . . . hath not put away thy sin that thou shalt not die.
2 Ne. 9: 35.
  35 Wo unto the amurderer who deliberately bkilleth, for he shall cdie.