2 Samuel 12:11 (KJV)

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Thus saith the LORD Behold I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house and I will take thy wives before thine eyes and give them unto thy neighbour and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun

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Cross-references

I will raise. 2Sa 13:1-14 2Sa 13:28 2Sa 13:29 2Sa 15:6 2Sa 15:10

I will take.That is, in the course of my providence I will permit this to be done. Such phrases in Scripture do not mean that God either does or can do evil himself; but only that he permits such evil to be done as he foresaw would be done, and which, had he pleased, he might have prevented. 2Sa 16:21 2Sa 16:22 De 28:30 Eze 14:9 Eze 20:25 Eze 20:26 Ho 4:13 Ho 4:14

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