2 Samuel 7:15

“But my mercy shall not depart away from him, etc.] Which is not to be understood of special mercy and grace, though it is true of these with respect to Solomon, and so to all the adopted children of God, (see <198932> Psalm 89:32,33); but then this here designs such mercy as may be taken away from another, and as it was from Saul, as it follows: as I took [it] from Saul, whom I put away before thee; and therefore must be understood of his mercy and kindness, in giving him a kingdom, and setting him on the throne; this should not be taken away from him, as it was from Saul, whom God rejected from being king; not him personally, but his posterity; but so the Lord would not do, nor did he, to…”

“My mercy shall not depart ... - Hence, Isaiah’s saying, the sure mercies of David Isaiah 55:3, i. e. unfailing, lasting mercies: mercies which are like streams of water that never dry up Isaiah 33:16; Jeremiah 15:18. This is explained in 2 Samuel 7:16, where the word established is the same word as is rendered sure in Isaiah. Before thee - Before Me is probably the true reading in 2 Samuel 7:15-16 (if the rest of the text be sound), according to the analogy of Jeremiah 35:19; 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Samuel 2:35; and many other places; whereas the idea contained in the reading, before thee, is unparalleled. But the reading in 1 Chronicles 17:13 is quite different: “As I took it from him that was…”

“My mercy - That is, Or, my kindness, that is, the kingdom which I have mercifully promised to thee and thine. From Saul - In regard of his posterity, for the kingdom was continued to his person during life. 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 7:16”

“But my: Sa2 7:14, Sa2 7:16; Sa1 19:24; Psa 89:28, Psa 89:34; Isa 55:3; Act 13:34-37 as I took: Sa1 15:23, Sa1 15:28, Sa1 16:14; Kg1 11:13, Kg1 11:34-36; Isa 9:7, Isa 37:35 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 7:16”