2Sa 12:10 | TNotes | STEP | 12:10 from this time on (literally forever ): Contrast God’s gracious “forever” promises of 7:13-29 . • The reminder of what David had done with the sword (12:9 ) and what role the sword would play in his family recalls David’s cavalier response to Joab’s report of the deaths of Uriah and other innocent Israelites (11:25 ).

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‏ 2 Samuel 12:10

12:10 ^a from this time on (literally forever): Contrast God’s gracious “forever” promises of 7:13-29 ^b.

• The reminder of what David had done with the sword (12:9 ^c) and what role the sword would play in his family recalls David’s cavalier response to Joab’s report of the deaths of Uriah and other innocent Israelites (11:25 ^d).