2 Samuel 12:10
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Thus saith the Lord,.... For what he said was not of himself, but under a spirit of prophecy:
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It seems to have been a great while after David had been guilty of adultery with Bath-sheba before he was brought to repentance for it. For, when Nathan was sent to him, the child was born (Sa2…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the sword shall never depart from thine house The Heb. word for neveris a relative term, which must be explained by the context. Here it may be understood as equivalent to "all the days of thy life."…
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