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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 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.

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See also 2 Samuel 12:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. THE MESSAGE OF GOD AND DAVID'S CONFESSION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE CHASTISEMENT CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The Lord's message through Nathan (2 Samuel 12:1)_ 2. David's anger (2 Samuel 12:5) 3. Thou art t...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 SAMUEL 12. DAVID'S REPENTANCE. CAPTURE OF RABBAH (J). The section concerning Nathan (2 Samuel 12:1_ a_) is sometimes regarded as a later addition by some one who was anxious to point out and emphasi...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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. part of time: i.e. lifetime....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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 lif...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Prophet's sentence. David's confession 7. _Thou_art _the man_ The consciousness that they were God's messengers inspired the prophets with fearless courage. Samuel rebuked Saul for his disobedien...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _God's Judgment._ 2 Samuel 12:7-23 7 And Nathan said to David, Thou _art_ the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; 8...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _WHEREFORE HAST THOU DESPISED THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD, TO DO EVIL IN HIS SIGHT? THOU HAST KILLED URIAH THE HITTITE WITH THE SWORD, AND HAST TAKEN HIS WIFE TO BE THY WIFE, AND HAST SLAIN HIM WITH T...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID'S REPENTANCE AND PARDON. THE CAPTURE OF RABBAH 4. To dress for the wayfaring man] We may notice Eastern ideas of hospitality: cp. Genesis 18:3....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 12 NATHAN’S MESSAGE TO DAVID V1 The *Lord sent Nathan to David. Nathan went to David and he said, ‘Two men lived in a city. One ma...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עַתָּ֗ה לֹא ־תָס֥וּר חֶ֛רֶב מִ בֵּיתְךָ֖

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XV. _ DAVID AND NATHAN._ 2 Samuel 12:1; 2 Samuel 12:26. IT is often the method of the writers of Scripture, when the stream of public history has been broken by a private or personal inciden...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THOU ART THE MAN 2 Samuel 12:1 A year followed on his sin, but David gave no sign. He describes his condition during that awful time in Psalms 32:3. Conscience scourged him incessantly, but he did no...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    A year passed away. The child of Bathsheba was born. We can imagine what that year had been to David. Bathsheba, whom in all probability he truly loved, was with him as his wife; but it is inevitable...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _House. What a dismal scene opens itself to our view during the remaining part of David's reign! (Haydock) --- Scarcely one of his successors was free from war; even Solomon was disturbed by the rebel...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (7) And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; (8) And I gave thee thy master's hous...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11, 12, AND 13. The history of David and the wife of Uriah follows. David is no longer acting by faith in God's service. When the time comes at which kings go...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Nathans parable of the Ewe lambe, causeth Dauid to be his owne Iudge. 7 Dauid, reproued by Nathan, confesseth his sinne and is pardoned. 15 Dauid mourneth and prayeth for the childe, while it liue...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Nathan's Reproof and its Success...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from thine house, its bloodiness being evident in the murder of Amnon, the death of Absalom, and the execution of Adonijah; BECAUSE THOU HAST DESPISED ME,...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    David did not immediately confess his sin to God, andPsalms 32:3 shows that the Lord waited for some time at least before sending the prophet Nathan to him, likely over nine months, for a son had been...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SHALL NEVER DEPART FROM THINE HOUSE, during the residue of thy life; as appears from the following history....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 12:10 sword H2719 never H5704 H5769 depart H5493 (H8799) house H1004 because H6118 despised H959 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David's rebuke and repentance. Birth of Solomon. Ammonite victory. CHARACTERS: God, David, Nathan, Bathsheba, Joab. CONCLUSION: If the believer, brought face to face with his sins sincerel...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Samuel 12:1. _The Lord sent Nathan to David._ The substance of the mission, the visitations he foretold, the perfect accomplishment of them, as well from that very day as in future ages, leaves not...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And the Lord sent Nathan unto David._ NATHAN REPROVING DAVID I. David’s sin. David, it appears, to avenge the outrage which bad been perpetrated on his ambassadors by Hanun, the king of the Ammonite...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 12:1 Through the prophet NATHAN, God calls David to account for his sins of adultery and murder (ch. 2 Samuel 11:1)....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 12:7 David has DESPISED the Lord and his word. ⇐ ⇔

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 12:10 THE SWORD SHALL NEVER DEPART FROM YOUR HOUSE. David’s sons Amnon (2 Samuel 13:29), Absalom ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 12:3. “WAS UNTO HIM,” etc. “The custom of keeping pet sheep in the house, as we keep lap-dogs, is still met with among the Arabs.” (_Keil_.) “As a poor man he...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 12:1 JEHOVAH SENT NATHAN UNTO DAVID. Though David had remained unrepentant for nearly a year, for we read in 2 Samuel 12:14 that the child was born, yet we are not to suppose that...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    David thought that things were just going great until the prophet Nathan came to him. Nathan said to David, There is a man in your kingdom who is very wealthy, had many herds, many flocks many servant...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 2:23; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Thessalonians 4:8; 2 Samuel 13:28;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Never depart — During the residue of thy life....

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