and My kindness doth not turn aside from him, as I turned it aside from Saul, whom I turned aside from before thee,2 Samuel 7:15 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleBut my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul - His house shall be a lasting house, and he shall die in the throne of Israel, his children succeeding him; and the spiritual seed, Christ, possessing and ruling in that throne to the end of time.
The family of Saul became totally extinct; the family of David remained till the incarnation. Joseph and Mary were both of that family; Jesus was the only heir to the kingdom of Israel; he did not choose to sit on the secular throne, he ascended the spiritual throne, and now he is exalted to the right hand of God, a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance and remission of sins. See the observations at the end of the chapter, 2 Samuel 7:25 (note).
Many have applied these verses and their parallels to support the doctrine of unconditional final perseverance; but with it the text has nothing to do; and were we to press it, because of the antitype, Solomon, the doctrine would most evidently be ruined, for there is neither proof nor evidence of Solomon's salvation.
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but my
2 Samuel 7:14,16 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men...
1 Samuel 19:24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night...
Psalm 89:28,34 My mercy will I keep for him for ever more, and my covenant shall stand fast with him...
Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear, and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you...
Acts 13:34-37 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise...
as I took
1 Samuel 15:23,28 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD...
1 Samuel 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
1 Kings 11:13,34-36 However, I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to your son for David my servant's sake...
Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to order it...
Isaiah 37:35 For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
2 Samuel 7:15 Parallel Commentaries
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