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because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Darby's Bible Synopsis">Darby</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers">Ellicott</a> • <a href="/commentaries/expositors/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Expositor's Bible">Expositor's</a> • <a href="/commentaries/edt/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Expositor's Dictionary">Exp Dct</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gaebelein/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Gaebelein's Annotated Bible">Gaebelein</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gsb/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Geneva Study Bible">GSB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gill/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Gill's Bible Exposition">Gill</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gray/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Gray's Concise">Gray</a> • <a href="/commentaries/guzik/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Guzik Bible Commentary">Guzik</a> • <a href="/commentaries/haydock/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Haydock Catholic Bible Commentary">Haydock</a> • <a href="/commentaries/hastings/2_samuel/12-7.htm" title="Hastings Great Texts">Hastings</a> • <a href="/commentaries/homiletics/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Pulpit Homiletics">Homiletics</a> • <a href="/commentaries/jfb/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Jamieson-Fausset-Brown">JFB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/kad/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Keil and Delitzsch OT">KD</a> • <a href="/commentaries/king-en/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Kingcomments Bible Studies">King</a> • <a href="/commentaries/lange/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Lange Commentary">Lange</a> • <a href="/commentaries/maclaren/2_samuel/12.htm" title="MacLaren Expositions">MacLaren</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhc/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Matthew Henry Concise">MHC</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhcw/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Matthew Henry Full">MHCW</a> • <a href="/commentaries/parker/2_samuel/12.htm" title="The People's Bible by Joseph Parker">Parker</a> • <a href="/commentaries/poole/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Matthew Poole">Poole</a> • <a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Pulpit Commentary">Pulpit</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sermon/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Sermon Bible">Sermon</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sco/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Scofield Reference Notes">SCO</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ttb/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Through The Bible">TTB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/wes/2_samuel/12.htm" title="Wesley's Notes">WES</a> • <a href="#tsk" title="Treasury of Scripture Knowledge">TSK</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="comtype">EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Shall never depart.</span>—This word, in both its positive and negative forms, <span class= "ital">for ever </span>and <span class= "ital">never, </span>is constantly used to express the longest time possible in connection with the subject of which it is used. Here it must mean “as long as David lives;” and the punishment denounced found its realisation in a long succession of woes, from the murder of Amnon to the execution of Adonijah.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/benson/2_samuel/12.htm">Benson Commentary</a></div><span class="bld"><a href="/2_samuel/12-10.htm" title="Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.">2 Samuel 12:10</a></span>. <span class="ital">The sword shall never depart from thy house — </span>During the residue of thy life. As long as he lived, at times there should be destruction made in his family by the sword, which was awfully fulfilled in the violent deaths of his children, Amnon and Absalom, and, about the time of his death, Adonijah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/2_samuel/12.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>12:1-14 God will not suffer his people to lie still in sin. By this parable Nathan drew from David a sentence against himself. Great need there is of prudence in giving reproofs. In his application, he was faithful. He says in plain terms, Thou art the man. God shows how much he hates sin, even in his own people; and wherever he finds it, he will not let it go unpunished. David says not a word to excuse himself or make light of his sin, but freely owns it. When David said, I have sinned, and Nathan perceived that he was a true penitent, he assured him his sin was forgiven. Thou shalt not die: that is, not die eternally, nor be for ever put away from God, as thou wouldest have been, if thou hadst not put away the sin. Though thou shalt all thy days be chastened of the Lord, yet thou shalt not be condemned with the world. There is this great evil in the sins of those who profess religion and relation to God, that they furnish the enemies of God and religion with matter for reproach and blasphemy. And it appears from David's case, that even where pardon is obtained, the Lord will visit the transgression of his people with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. For one momentary gratification of a vile lust, David had to endure many days and years of extreme distress.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/2_samuel/12.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>And thy master's wives ... - According to Eastern custom, the royal harem was a part of the royal inheritance. The prophets spoke in such matters according to the received opinions of their day, and not always according to the abstract rule of right. (Compare <a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/19-4.htm">Matthew 19:4-9</a>.) <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/2_samuel/12.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>8. I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives—The phraseology means nothing more than that God in His providence had given David, as king of Israel, everything that was Saul's. The history furnishes conclusive evidence that he never actually married any of the wives of Saul. But the harem of the preceding king belongs, according to Oriental notions, as a part of the regalia to his successor.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/2_samuel/12.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> <span class="bld">Shall never depart from thine house, </span> during the residue of thy life; as appears from the following history. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/2_samuel/12.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house,.... During his life, and as appeared in the slaughter of his sons Ammon and Absalom before his death, and of Adonijah quickly after, and in his posterity through their wars with the children of Israel, and other nations: <p>because thou hast despised me; his commandments, and that in effect was despising him the lawgiver: <p>and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife; which being repeated shows that it was very displeasing to God, and a very heinous crime in his sight. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/2_samuel/12.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">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.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/2_samuel/12.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">10</span>. <span class="ital">the sword shall never depart from thine house</span>] The Heb. word for <span class="ital">never</span> is a relative term, which must be explained by the context. Here it may be understood as equivalent to “all the days of thy life.” Cp. <a href="/1_samuel/1-22.htm" title="But Hannah went not up; for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.">1 Samuel 1:22</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/27-12.htm" title="And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.">1 Samuel 27:12</a>. The prophecy was fulfilled by Amnon’s murder (ch. <a href="/2_samuel/13-28.htm" title="Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark you now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.">2 Samuel 13:28</a>); Absalom’s death as a rebel (ch. <a href="/2_samuel/18-14.htm" title="Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with you. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the middle of the oak.">2 Samuel 18:14</a>); and Adonijah’s execution as a traitor (<a href="/1_kings/2-25.htm" title="And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him that he died.">1 Kings 2:25</a>). In all these deeds may be traced the bitter fruit of David’s sin. Amnon no doubt excused his lust by alleging his father’s example: Absalom’s rebellion was indirectly the consequence of Amnon’s act: Adonijah died for presuming to appear as the rival of Bath-sheba’s son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The sword shall never depart from thine house;</span> that is, thy crime shall not be expiated by one slaughter, but by many, so that thy punishment shall cease only at thine own death. This sentence was fulfilled in Amnon's murder (<a href="/2_samuel/13-28.htm">2 Samuel 13:28</a>), who had been encouraged in his crime by his father's example. Upon this followed Absalom's rebellion and death (<a href="/2_samuel/18-14.htm">2 Samuel 18:14</a>); and finally, when in his last hours David made Solomon his successor, he knew that he was virtually passing sentence on Adonijah, the eldest of his surviving sons. But what a fearful choice! for had he not done so, then Bathsheba and her four sons would doubtless have been slain, whereas there was some hope that Solomon might spare his brother. That Adonijah was unworthy we gather from the fact that he had ceased to be cohen, and that this office was conferred, after Absalom's rebellion, on Ira the Jairite (<a href="/2_samuel/20-26.htm">2 Samuel 20:26</a>), Solomon being then too young to hold such a position. Until he committed this crime, David's family had probably dwelt in concord, and it was his own wickedness which broke up their unity, and introduced among them strife, mutual hatred, and the shedding of blood. 2 Samuel 12:10<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/2_samuel/12.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>The punishment answers to the sin. There is first of all (<a href="/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10</a>) the punishment for the murder of Uriah: "The sword shall not depart from thy house for ever, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife," etc. "For ever" must not be toned down to the indefinite idea of a long period, but must be held firmly in its literal signification. the expression "thy house," however, does not refer to the house of David as continued in his descendants, but simply as existing under David himself until it was broken up by his death. The fulfilment of this threat commenced with the murder of Amnon by Absalom (<a href="/2_samuel/13-29.htm">2 Samuel 13:29</a>); it was continued in the death of Absalom the rebel (<a href="/2_samuel/18-14.htm">2 Samuel 18:14</a>), and was consummated in the execution of Adonijah (<a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/2-24.htm">1 Kings 2:24-25</a>).<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/2_samuel/12-10.htm">2 Samuel 12:10 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../2_samuel/12-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 12:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 12:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_samuel/12-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 12:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 12:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>