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For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you will not be established, nor will your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die!”
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Verse 31. The son of death. That is, one that deserveth death, and shall surely be put to death. Challoner.—So people are often styled sons of perdition, of hell, of light, and so forth ( Calmet.) when they are worthy of such things. Bible.—All the crime of David, was his too exalted merit, which, under a jealous prince, is often fatal. Nec minus periculum ex magna fama, quam ex mala. Tacit. Agricola.
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