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He shall build a house for my name; and he will be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 10. Name. See 2 Kennicott. 7:13. Menochius.—A son. The crimes into which Solomon fell, hinder us from explaining this literally of him. Saint Paul refers the expression to Jesus Christ. Hebrews 1:5. Calmet.—Saint Augustine (de Calmet. xvii. 8 and 9.) observes that the promises were not perfectly fulfilled in Solomon.
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