If he will] He is pardoned upon his future good behaviour.
a worthy man] Heb. a son of vertue. So as becometh his place.
not an hair] The least evill shall not befall him, for what he did before, 1 Samuel 14:45. 2 Samuel 14:11. Acts 27:34.
he shall die] No hope of escaping hereafter shall be given him.