But the word of the Lord came to me,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum, by the mouth of Nathan the prophet:saying; as follows, which though not expressed in the book of Samuel before referred to, is here recorded by divine inspiration:thou hast shed blood abundantly; Kimchi thinks this refers to the blood of Uriah, and those gallant men that were slain with him, and to the priests slain by the order of Saul, which David was the occasion of, or accidental cause of, 1Sa 22:22 and to many good men among the Gentiles; though it was the intention of the Lord to consume the wicked among them, that they might not prevail over Israel:and hast made great wars: with the Philistines, Moabites, &c.
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1 Chronicles 22:8
1 Chronicles 22:8
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