righteousness
Geoff,
We keep learning. According to my understanding (with help from my NBD) 'righteousness' came from the Arabic word for 'straightness' and used in the bible, especially the OT, means 'straightness of relationship with God".
So God delt with David according to the (not very good) straightness of his relationship with Him, after the time of David many wrongs, not just murder and adultery, but not leading the army as a king should, and also taking the woman, who on the death of her husband, should have been married to his brother.
I think that God loved David so much for the way that he admitted his own sins and accepted the punishment, never losing faith and never being angry at God for metering out justice.
Gary
# posted by Anonymous @ 9:44 pm
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