2 Sam 12:11

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I will raise.

2Sam 13:1-14; 2Sam 13:28; 2Sam 13:29; 2Sam 15:6; 2Sam 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.

2Sam 16:21; 2Sam 16:22; Deut 28:30; Ezek 14:9; Ezek 20:25; Ezek 20:26; Hos 4:13; Hos 4:14