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17 The Lord has done to you what he declared through me: he has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David.

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17 The Lord has done what he predicted through me. The Lord has torn(A) the kingdom out of your hands and given it to one of your neighbors—to David.

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15 but I will not withdraw my favor from him as I withdrew it from Saul who was before you.(A) 16 Your house and your kingdom are firm forever before me; your throne shall be firmly established forever.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:16 The unconditional promise made here, and reflected in Ps 89:34–35, stands in contrast to the tradition in Ps 132:12, where the continuation of the line of David depends on their fidelity to the Lord; cf. also 1 Kgs 2:4; 6:12; 8:25.

15 But my love will never be taken away from him,(A) as I took it away from Saul,(B) whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me[a]; your throne(C) will be established(D) forever.(E)’”

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts you