And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Fold. Septuagint, "seven-fold "which Grabe corrects by the Hebrew. (Haydock)
David lost four of his sons; the first born of Bethsabee, Amnon, Absalon, and Adonias: and saw his daughter Thamar, (Calmet) and his ten inferior wives, dishonoured, in punishment of his crime. (Menochius)