Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
And thy master' s wives ... - According to Eastern custom, the royal harem was a part of the royal inheritance. The prophets spoke in such matters according to the received opinions of their day, and not always according to the abstract rule of right. (Compare Matthew 19:4-9.)
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Samuel 12:8:
1 Samuel 2:28
1 Kings 1:8
1 Kings 2:22
Zechariah 1:4
Romans 3:4
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