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You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
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A King's Right to Choose
Commentators explain that in the ancient Near East, kings often had the right to designate a successor from among their sons, rather than following a strict rule of the firstborn inheriting. Bathsheba's appeal reminds David that the people of Israel are looking to him to exercise this royal authority and officially name the next king.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Tell them who shall sit on the throne - Alongside what may be called the natural right of hereditary succession, there existed in the ancien…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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