When David committed adultery with Bath - sheba and arranged to have her husband killed, both he and Bath - sheba were liable to the death penalty. If rigid human judges had handled the case, both might well have lost their lives.
जिन तथ्यों ने यहोवा के दयावन्त निर्णय को प्रभावित किया उनमें संभवतः कुकर्मियों का सच्चा पश्‍चाताप और वह दया शामिल थी जो स्वयं दाऊद ने पहले दूसरों के पक्ष में दिखायी थी ।