2-samuel 7:15

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.

American King James Version (AKJV)

But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.

American Standard Version (ASV)

but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

Webster's Revision

But my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

World English Bible

but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.

English Revised Version (ERV)

but my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

Clarke's 2-samuel 7:15 Bible Commentary

But 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.

Barnes's 2-samuel 7:15 Bible Commentary

My mercy shall not depart ... - Hence, Isaiah's saying, the sure mercies of David Isaiah 55:3, i. e. unfailing, lasting mercies: mercies which are like streams of water that never dry up Isaiah 33:16; Jeremiah 15:18. This is explained in 2 Samuel 7:16, where the word established is the same word as is rendered sure in Isaiah.

Before thee - Before Me is probably the true reading in 2 Samuel 7:15-16 (if the rest of the text be sound), according to the analogy of Jeremiah 35:19; 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Samuel 2:35; and many other places; whereas the idea contained in the reading, before thee, is unparalleled. But the reading in 1 Chronicles 17:13 is quite different: "As I took it from him that was before thee," meaning Saul, which gives a very good sense, and suggests that the text here may have been corrupted.

Wesley's 2-samuel 7:15 Bible Commentary

7:15 My mercy - That is, Or, my kindness, that is, the kingdom which I have mercifully promised to thee and thine. From Saul - In regard of his posterity, for the kingdom was continued to his person during life.

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