It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you; but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne will be established forever.” ’ ”
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“Now therefore, you shall tell my servant David, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth. I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will not waste them any more, as at the first, and from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that Yahweh will build you a house. It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you; but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne will be established forever.” ’ ” According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
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It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;
but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne will be established forever.” ’ ”
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And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
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And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;
but I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.'
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- Psalms 132:11 (v11) Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
- Isaiah 9:7 (v12) Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold…
- Daniel 2:44 (v12) “In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to…
- Hebrews 1:5 (v13) For to which of the angels did he say at any time, “You are my Son. Today I have become your father?” and again, “I will be to him a…
- 1 Kings 5:5 (v12) Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on…
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- Psalms 89:36 (v14) His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
- Psalms 72:17 (v14) His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
- Luke 1:32-33 (v14) He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign…
- 2 Samuel 7:12-13 (v11) When your days are fulfilled, and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body,…
- Psalms 2:7 (v13) I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
- Acts 7:47-48 (v12) But Solomon built him a house. However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
- Hebrews 3:6 (v14) but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the…
- Revelation 11:15 (v12) The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and…
- 1 Samuel 15:28 (v13) Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
- 1 Chronicles 10:14 (v13) and didn’t inquire of Yahweh. Therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.
- 1 Chronicles 17:12 (v13) He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
- 1 Chronicles 22:9-10 (v12) Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall…
- 1 Chronicles 28:6-10 (v12) He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. I will…
- Psalms 2:6 (v14) “Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
- Psalms 2:12 (v13) Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who…
- Psalms 89:36-37 (v12) His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me. It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in…
- Isaiah 55:3 (v13) Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- Jeremiah 23:5-6 (v11) “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will…
- Romans 1:3-4 (v11) concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh, who was declared to be the Son of God with power,…
- 2 Corinthians 6:18 (v13) I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
- Genesis 15:15 (v11) but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
- 2 Samuel 7:14-16 (v13) I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the…
- 2 Samuel 12:24-25 (v11) David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;…
- 1 Kings 1:21 (v11) Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.”
- 1 Kings 2:10 (v11) David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.
- 1 Kings 8:20 (v11) Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as…
- 1 Kings 11:12-13 (v13) Nevertheless, I will not do it in your days, for David your father’s sake; but I will tear it out of your son’s hand. However I will not…
- 1 Kings 11:36 (v13) I will give one tribe to his son, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for…
- 1 Chronicles 28:5 (v11) Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of Yahweh’s kingdom over Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 (v11) For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no remaining.
- 1 Chronicles 29:28 (v11) He died at a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor; and Solomon his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 3:1-4 (v12) Then Solomon began to build Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh appeared to David his father, which he prepared in…
- Ezra 5:11 (v12) Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these…
- Psalms 89:4 (v12) ‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’ ”
- Psalms 89:26-37 (v13) He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the…
- Psalms 89:29 (v12) I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
- Zechariah 6:12-13 (v12) and speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he…
- Luke 1:32 (v13) He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
- Luke 9:35 (v13) A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”
- John 2:19-21 (v12) Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to…
- John 3:35 (v13) The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25 (v12) For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
- Colossians 2:9 (v12) For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,
- Deuteronomy 31:16 (v11) Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. This people will rise up and play the prostitute after the strange gods…
- Acts 2:29 (v11) “Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- Acts 13:36 (v11) For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv12–13 That is, unto the coming of Christ: for then…
That is, unto the coming of Christ: for then these figures should cease.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On v11 1Ch 17:11 And it shall come to pass, when…
1Ch 17:11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go [to be] with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
Ver. 11-14. An excellent text and testimony both for the person of Christ and for his kingdom. Note this both against the Papists, who deny the perfection of the holy Scriptures; and the Anabaptists, who deny that the Old Testament ought to be read: for who can rightly understand why and how Christ is called the son of David, unless he read this chapter?
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v14 In mine house; in my dwelling-place; either,
In mine house; in my dwelling-place; either,
1. In Jerusalem, the place where God had put his name for ever, 2Ki 21:4,7; 2Ch 6:5,6; compare 1Ki 11:36; 15:4. Or,
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2. In the temple, which is more properly and constantly called God’s house; and so this expression agrees but very imperfectly with Solomon, or his successors, who might be said to be settled in God’s house, because they were settled near it, and in some sort set over it, because they were to take care that the priests and others should perform their offices and God’s service in it; but strictly and properly agrees only to Christ, to whom alone that promise also of an everlasting establishment in this kingdom belongs, as was noted on 2Sa 7. And this expression seems to be most emphatically added, to signify that that person in whom all those promises should be fully and perfectly accomplished, to wit, the Messias, should be settled not only in the king’s throne, as others of David’s successors were, but also in God’s house or temple; and consequently, that he should be a Priest as well as a King; which mystery was more clearly revealed to David, Psa 110:1,2,4, and may be intimated, though obscurely, (as was fit and usual in that state of the church,) in these words.
In my kingdom; either,
1. In the kingdom of Israel, which God calls his kingdom, because he was in a special manner their King and Governor, having raised them up and formed them into a kingdom, and given them that protection and assistance which kings owe to their kingdoms; and because he expected and required from them what kings do from their people, that they should be wholly governed by his laws, and devoted to his service. Or,
2. In God’s kingdom in a more large and general sense. And this, as well as the former phrase, may seem singularly to belong to the Messiah, who was not only to be the King of Israel, but also of all nations, as was foretold even in the Old Testament, as Psa 2:6-12; 22:27,28; 72:11; Isa 2:4; Hag 2:7; and so this may be an intimation of that great mystery which is more fully revealed in the New Testament, to wit, that Christ is the Head, or King, or Governor of all God’s church, consisting of Jews and Gentiles, and of all nations, and indeed of all creatures, the angels not excepted; all which is God’s kingdom, and by him given to his Son, our blessed Lord Christ. And for the signification of these great things, there is so great and remarkable an alteration of the phrase here from what it is in 2Sa 7, where, speaking to David, he constantly calls it his (i.e. David’s) kingdom, and his house, 2Sa 7:12,13, 2Sa 7:16,19,25,27, for which he here saith my house, and my kingdom, which also he distinguisheth from his throne, which is mentioned in the next clause of this verse, and in 1Sa 7:11,12. But these things I submit to the judicious reader.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v14 Settle him - In the temple, this expression agrees…
Settle him - In the temple, this expression agrees but imperfectly with Solomon, or his successors, but strictly and properly with Christ, to whom alone that promise also of an everlasting establishment in this kingdom belongs. Kingdom - In God's kingdom in a large and general sense. And this, as well as the former phrase, singularly belongs to the Messiah, who was not only to be the king of Israel, but also of all nations. This is an intimation of that great mystery which is more fully revealed in the new testament, namely, that Christ, is the head, or king of all God's church, consisting of Jews and Gentiles, and of all nations, and indeed of all creatures, all which is God's kingdom, and by him given to his son our blessed Lord.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv12–13 Verse 12. I will establish his throne for ever.]…
Verse 12. I will establish his throne for ever.] David was a type of Christ; and concerning him the prophecy is literally true. See Isa 9:7, where there is evidently the same reference.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v14 1Ch 17:14. I will settle him in my house…
1Ch 17:14. I will settle him in my house — In my dwelling-place, 1st, In Jerusalem, the place where God had put his name for ever; or, 2d, In the temple, which is more properly and constantly called God’s house; and so this expression agrees but very imperfectly with Solomon or his successors; who might, indeed, be said to be settled in God’s house, because they dwelt near it, and, in some sort, were set over it; and because they were to take care that the priests and others should perform their offices, and God’s service in it; but, strictly and properly, it agrees only to Christ, to whom alone that promise also of an everlasting establishment in this kingdom belongs, as was observed on 2Sa 7:16. And this expression seems to be most emphatically added to signify that the person in whom all those promises should be fully and perfectly accomplished, namely, the Messiah, should be settled not only in the king’s throne, as others of David’s successors were, but also in God’s house or temple; and consequently that he should be a priest as well as a king; which mystery was clearly revealed to David, Psa 110:1-2; Psa 110:4, and may be intimated, though obscurely, in these words. And in my kingdom — Either, 1st, In the kingdom of Israel, which God calls his kingdom, because he was, in a special manner, the king and governor of it, having raised them up and formed them into a kingdom, and given them that protection and assistance which kings owe to their kingdoms; and because he expected and required from them what kings do from their people, that they should be wholly governed by his laws, and devoted to his service. Or, 2d, In God’s kingdom, in a more large and general sense. And this, as well as the former phrase, may seem singularly to belong to the Messiah, who was not only to be the king of Israel, but also of all nations, as was foretold even in the Old Testament, in sundry passages; and, thus understood, this may be an intimation of that great mystery, which is more fully revealed in the New Testament, namely, that Christ is the head, king, or governor of all God’s church, consisting of Jews and Gentiles, and of all nations, and indeed of all creatures, the angels not excepted; all which is God’s kingdom, and by him given to his Son, our blessed Lord Jesus Christ.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v13 My son - The minatory clause which occurs after…
My son - The minatory clause which occurs after this in Samuel is here omitted, because the writer is not about to record the sins of Solomon, or the sufferings 1 Kings 11:9-40 which he thereby brought upon himself.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv11–13 Seed, even till Christ shall be born of the…
Seed, even till Christ shall be born of the Blessed Virgin, of the family of David.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv11, 13, 14 I will raise up thy seed--(See on Sa2 7:12).
I will raise up thy seed--(See on Sa2 7:12).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv11–14 11. be expired] R.V. be fulfilled, as Sam.
11. be expired] R.V. be fulfilled, as Sam.
that thou must go to be with] Sam. and thou shalt sleep with.
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which shall be of thy sons] Sam. which shall proceed out of thy bowels.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv11–14 (11) Omit the mark indicating the beginning of a…
(11) Omit the mark indicating the beginning of a paragraph (¶).
And it shall come to pass.—In accordance with the promise, “The Lord will build thee an house” (1Ch_17:10). The phrase is wanting in Samuel, and should probably be supplied, with LXX.
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Be expired.—Are fulfilled (perfect; Samuel has imperfect tense).
That thou must go to be with thy fathers.—Literally, to go with thy fathers—an unusual expression, for which Samuel has the ordinary, “and thou lie down with thy fathers.” (Comp. 1Ki_2:2 : “Go the way of all the earth.”)
Which shall be (shall arise or come, Gen_17:16) of thy sons.—Samuel has the more original, “which shall go forth from thy bowels.” The chronicler has paraphrased this, to suit the taste of a later age.
His kingdom.—Heb., malkûthô—a later word than the synonym in Samuel (mamlakhtô).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv11–13 The promise is now, not to "David and his…
The promise is now, not to "David and his seed," but to David personally. The verse contains, no doubt, the original of the Apostle Peter"s quotation (Act_2:29, Act_2:30; see also Act_13:34; Luk_1:32, Luk_1:33) The last clause of this verse has Solomon, for the object of its pronoun "his.
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The purposes of God concerting Solomon.
In the Divine communication made to David through the Prophet Nathan, there is a tone of very tender consideration, and an evident desire to solace and comfort the aged servant of God, whose request it was found necessary to refuse. In one way the desire of his heart could be met. He should have an immortality in his descendants and in his dynasty. He should live on in his son, and accomplish even his purpose concerning the temple. And he may have, before he dies, the comforting assurance that God"s purposes were set upon his son, and the Divine favour would overshadow his reign. Those gracious Divine purposes are indicated in these verses. Man"s brief life on the earth, which so seldom permits him to accomplish any great thing, would be very painful to him were it not for the hope he cherishes that he will live on in his children, and by them his great life-work may win completion. We cannot bear to think that death cuts off our influence and spoils our work. Man can scarcely say a thing that hurts him more in the saying than this, "My purposes are broken off." What is called fame may be won by but the few among even good men; but every true-hearted and earnest servant of God may be sure that his personal impress is an abiding one; it will get its continuance in those who have known him and live after him; his spirit, his principles, his witness, even in measure his experience will be still working. Philips Brooks well says, "No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being the better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness." Illustrate how a man lives on in a book he has written, or a building he has raised. So a man lives on, oftentimes, in the son who takes up his work. David really lived on in Solomon, and did, in fact, build the temple, seeing that Solomon used the materials he had gathered, and carried out the plans which he had arranged. It is interesting to notice what in the temple which was actually reared was due to the genius and consecration of David, and what in it bore the personal stamp of Solomon. "The design fixed upon indicates fully the spirit of the times and of the king. A general relation to the older tabernacle must be carefully preserved the outline of the form, the proportions, and the principal division of thebuilding into holy place and most holy must be continued; but where Moses permitted ornamentation and decoration it was developed, and almost carried to an extravagant extent." In view of God"s unfolding to David his purposes concerning Solomon, we may learn that it is full of comfort to the man who is passing away from earth to be assured that his son will virtually have
I HIS WORK TO DO; at least, in its more prominent and important aspects. Certainly his work in the large sense of living for God, and doing his will.
II That he will have, if he seeks it, the same GRACE FOR THE DOING. God"s years are throughout all generations, and will give our children the joy and help of the same fatherly relations that he has given us (ver. 13).
It may be shown that, still, saints pass away from earth, made willing to leave their life-work incomplete, and their most cherished desires unfulfilled, and restfully saying in their hearts, "God"s grace remains, though I pass away. That grace is working on, and working out, the great purpose, and will surely raise up other agencies." David may die, but he may know this the temple will be built; the kingdom he had founded shall be secured, and even for him the veil shall be uplifted, and he shall see the glory of this Divine purpose. In a high and spiritual sense David"s kingdom shall, in his greater Son, be established for ever and ever. R.T.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v14 But I will settle him in Mine house and…
1Ch_17:14
But I will settle him in Mine house and in My kingdom for ever.
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The everlasting establishment
I. First of all, let us offer a word or two upon the kingdom. Much is written in Scripture about kingdoms and empires.
1. That the house or the kingdom which Jehovah claims as His own is a kingdom which originated with the Lord. It rose not up in the mind of mortals first. It grew not up of Natures materials. It was not brought forth, and set up, and established, by the arm of man, or by the conquests of warriors, as many other kingdoms are. It originated in the wisdom, grace, and power of the Most High. Moreover, not only does this kingdom originate with Him, but it is so formed and constituted as to glorify the Lord. My glory, saith Jehovah, will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images. In the formation and constitution of the kingdom which God calls His own--Mine house and My kingdom--the subjects are a royal seed; of royal blood; of royal birth; kings and priests unto God. My hearer, of what kingdom art thou? If thou art not of the kingdom of Gods grace, thou art of the kingdom of darkness, a slave of Satan, and on the highroad to destruction.
2. Yet further observe, the laws are immutable.
3. Then further, I notice the privileges, the high spiritual privileges of the kingdom. Pardon, peace, joy in the Holy Ghost.
II. I come to the investiture of the king.
I will settle him in Mine house and in My kingdom. Solomon was settled for a time, and reigned long and peacefully over Israel; but he is not reigning now. A greater than Solomon is here. He is invested with sovereignty, absolute and universal: I will settle Him in My kingdom. He is invested with sovereignty, absolute and universal. I have set My King upon My holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the Lord has said unto Me, Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee. Ask of Me, and I shall give Thee the heathen for Thine inheritance and uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession. Moreover, if we speak of His absolute sovereignty for a moment, you know it is written expressly, that none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest Thou?
III. This national establishment; for there is that word in my text--establish. There is a great deal said in Scripture about establishment. Immutable decrees are the basis of the establishment. Oh! I could bring out some twenty or thirty instances under my own notice in which all the schemes and powers and efforts of men have passed by; and God, in a moment and by a word, through some of His sent servants, has accomplished it all.
IV. The glorious perpetuity--I will settle Him in Mine house and in My kingdom for ever; and His throne shall be established for evermore. (Joseph Irons.)
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v11 David Accepts God’s Promises With Thankfulness
David Accepts God’s Promises With Thankfulness
v. 10. Furthermore I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house. (Cf with the entire passage 2Sa 7:12-29, and note that the peculiarity of prophecy to combine thoughts near at hand with those afar off is very marked in this paragraph. )
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v. 11. And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, to await the great resurrection of the dead, that I will raise up thy Seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish His kingdom. The nearest reference is probably that concerning Solomon, but the Messianic idea comes out more strongly as the announcement progresses.
v. 12. He shall build Me an house, and I will establish His throne forever. The thought clearly looks forward to the house of the Church, the kingdom of the Messiah, and not only to the building of the Temple.
v. 13. I will be His Father, and He shall be My Son. And I will not take My mercy away from Him as I took it away from him that was before thee, Saul having been rejected on account of his disobedience;
v. 14. but I will settle Him in Mine house and in My kingdom forever; and His throne shall be established forevermore, not only through the nearest line of David’s posterity, but, in the person of his greatest Son, to all eternity.
v. 15. According to all these words and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
v. 16. And David the king came and sat before the Lord, in the Tabernacle erected by him, over against the ark, and said, realizing that the Lord’s promise went far beyond a mere promise of establishing a dynasty, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto? Cf 2Sa 7:18-29.
v. 17. And yet this, all the temporal blessings which had been given to him from his early youth, was a small thing in Thine eyes, O God; for Thou hast also spoken of Thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God. The exact text may here be rendered: "Thou hast let me see what Thou hast determined concerning a man who out of the height is Jehovah God. " It was the greatness of this honor which caused such unusual expressions of humility on the part of David, the fact that his house was to be the bearer of the Messianic blessing.
v. 18. What can David speak more to Thee for the honor of Thy servant? For Thou knowest Thy servant. God knew that David in himself was utterly unworthy of the honor bestowed upon him, but He vouchsafed it out of pure grace.
v. 19. O Lord, for Thy servant’s sake and according to Thine own heart hast Thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. The entire matter, therefore, redounded to the glory of God alone.
v. 20. O Lord, there is none like Thee, neither is there any God beside Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. To this conclusion and confession David was driven by the consideration of God’s unparalleled mercy.
v. 21. And what one nation in the earth is like Thy people Israel, including the spiritual Israel of God’s people of all times, whom God went to redeem to be His own people, to make Thee a name of greatness and terribleness, one which would be feared by the enemies, by driving out nations from before Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? The deliverance from the bondage of Egypt has always been a picture of the greater deliverance and salvation of Jesus Christ, the Messiah.
v. 22. For Thy people Israel didst Thou make Thine own people forever; and Thou, Lord, becamest their God, the spiritual Israel, the Church of God, holding this same truth to this day.
v. 23. Therefore, now, Lord, let the thing that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant and concerning his house, the wonderful Messianic promise, be established forever, and do as Thou hast said.
v. 24. Let it even be established that Thy name may be magnified forever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel; and let the house of David; Thy servant, be established before Thee.
v. 25. For Thou, O my God, hast told Thy servant, literally, "opened the ears of Thy servant," that Thou wilt build him an house, the fact that chiefly a spiritual temple is meant again standing out here; therefore Thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before Thee.
v. 26. And now, Lord, Thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto Thy servant;
v. 27. now, therefore, let it please Thee to bless the house of Thy servant that it may be before Thee forever; for Thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed forever. Cf Psa 33:9. The temple to which reference is chiefly, if not exclusively, made, is that of the Christian Church, of the communion of saints. The Church is a habitation of God through the Spirit, it is the kingdom of Jesus Christ. The Lord Himself lives and rules in this kingdom throughout eternity, and all His saints, who have here tasted His mercy, will there partake of His glory, world without end.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv11, 13 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues describing his promises to King David through the prophet Nathan.
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It will come about
"It will happen"
when your days are fulfilled for you to go to your fathers
The two phrases "when your days are fulfilled" and "go to your fathers" have similar meanings and are combined for emphasis. They both are polite ways to refer to death and dying. (See: Parallelism and Euphemism)
I will raise up your descendant after you
God appointing David's descendant is spoken of as if Yahweh would raise or lift him up. (See: Metaphor)
I will establish his throne forever
The right to rule as king is described by the place where a king sits. AT: "I will make his rule over Israel to last forever" (See: Metonymy)
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fulfill
descend
kingdom
house of God
throne
eternity
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv12–14 17:12 The construction of the Temple was a central…
17:12 The construction of the Temple was a central aspect of God’s kingdom on earth. Solomon later built the Temple (2 Chr 2–7) and fulfilled this promise.
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