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This is what Yahweh says: `Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
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Consequences Mirror the Sin
Commentators explain that the punishment directly mirrored the crime. As Albert Barnes notes, David's private adultery was met with the public sexual violation of his household by his son Absalom, and his act of murder was met with years of devastating bloodshed within his own family.
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2 Samuel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The cross-references show that in both aspects of David’s crime, the retribution corresponded to his sin. His adultery was punished by Absalom’s ou…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord For what he said was not of himself, but under a spirit of prophecy:
behold, I…
God will not permit his people to continue in sin. Through this parable, Nathan drew from David a sentence against himself. There is a great need f…
