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2 Samuel 12:7

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And Nathan said to David, thou [art] the man,.... The rich man, or who is designed by him in the parable, and answers to him :thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel; that is, ordered Samuel to anoint him, who did, 1Sa 16:1; to which this chiefly refers; and after that he was anointed first by the tribe of Judah, and then by all the tribes of Israel, by the appointment and providence of God; and this was great dignity he designed for him, and raised him to:and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; when he persecuted him, and sought to take away his life.

"----- mutato nomine, de te Fabula narratur -----". Horat. Sermon. l. 1. Satyr. 1. ver.

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