It came to pass that night: because David's mistake was pious, and from an honest mind, God would not suffer him to lie long in his mistake, nor to disquiet his mind, or run himself into inconveniencies, in order to the work, before he gave a stop to it. The word of the Lord came unto Nathan; that the same person who had confirmed David in his mistake, might now rectify it.
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2 Samuel 7:4
4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,