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2 Samuel 7:15

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

2 Samuel 7:15 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

Shall not depart. A conditional promise that could not be fulfilled because of human failure. The privileges now belong to spiritual Israel.

From Saul. Saul, too, had been promised the kingdom “for ever” (see 1 Sam. 13:13).

Before thee. Literally, “from thy faces,” that is, from thy presence. These promises were conditionally true of David.

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