Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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.
10. the sword shall never depart from thine house ] The Heb. word for never 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. 1Sa 1:22 ; 1Sa 27:12. The prophecy was fulfilled by Amnon’s murder (ch. 2Sa 13:28); Absalom’s death as a rebel (ch. 2Sa 18:14); and Adonijah’s execution as a traitor (1Ki 2:25). 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.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Shall never depart from thine house, during the residue of thy life; as appears from the following history.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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:
because thou hast despised me; his commandments, and that in effect was despising him the lawgiver:
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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(10) Shall never depart.This word, in both its positive and negative forms, for ever and never, 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.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
10. The sword shall never depart from thine house This prediction was most terribly fulfilled, as the subsequent history will show, especially from the murder of Amnon by his brother to the slaughter of the sons of Zedekiah before their father’s eyes.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Sa 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.
Ver. 10. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house. ] Never, that is, so long as thou livest, as 1Sa 1:22 Gen 43:9 . Or, which I like better, From one generation to another, even for many ages. And so this threatening was performed in the slaughter of Amnon, Absalom, Adonijah, the five sons of Jehoshaphat, 2Ch 21:17 all the sons of Joram except Ahaziah, afterwards killed also, 2Ch 22:7 all the king’s seed killed by Athaliah but Joash, and he also afterwards by his servants, 2Ch 24:1-27 his son Amaziah slain, 2Ch 25:27 and Josiah, 2Ch 35:24 and the sons of Zedekiah. 2Ki 25:7 a
Because thou hast despised me.
And hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite.
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Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the sword. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for manifested hostility.
never. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Whole), App-6, put for a part of time: i.e. lifetime.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the sword: 2Sa 13:28, 2Sa 13:29, 2Sa 18:14, 2Sa 18:15, 2Sa 18:33, 1Ki 2:23-25, Amo 7:9, Mat 26:52
because: Num 11:20, 1Sa 2:30, Mal 1:6, Mal 1:7, Mat 6:24, Rom 2:4, 1Th 4:8
hast taken: Gen 20:3, Pro 6:32, Pro 6:33
Reciprocal: Gen 20:9 – a great Exo 20:13 – General Exo 32:35 – General Lev 26:15 – despise 2Sa 12:9 – despised 2Sa 13:21 – he was very wroth 2Sa 15:25 – Carry back 2Sa 23:5 – Although 2Sa 24:12 – that I may 1Ki 13:26 – the man 1Ki 15:5 – save only 1Ch 21:10 – that I may 1Ch 21:17 – on my father’s 2Ch 24:20 – transgress Job 20:14 – his meat Psa 10:13 – contemn Psa 51:4 – Against Psa 118:18 – chastened Pro 6:29 – he that Pro 13:13 – despiseth Isa 5:24 – despised Isa 30:12 – Because Jer 23:17 – that despise Hos 4:13 – therefore Amo 2:4 – because
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 12:10. The sword shall never depart from thy house 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.