I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
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Barnes' Notes
My son - The minatory clause which occurs after this in Samuel is here omitted, because the writer is not about to record the sins of Solomon, or the sufferings 1 Kings 11:9-40 which he thereby…
Adam Clarke
I will not take my mercy away from him - I will not cut off his family from the throne, as I did that of his predecessor Saul.
Let us observe here,
I. How desirous and solicitous good people should be to serve the interests of God's kingdom in the world, to the utmost of their capacity. David could not be easy in a house of…
Cambridge Bible
my son Here Sam. adds, If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men.
as I tookit fromhim that was before thee Sam. as I took it from Saul…
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