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.” ’ ”
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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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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.” ’ ”
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Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
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 I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be disquieted no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first,
even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies. Moreover I tell thee that the LORD will build thee a house.
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…
- 2 Samuel 7:11 (v10) and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh…
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- 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…
- Psalms 89:36 (v14) His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
- Psalms 18:40-50 (v10) You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me. They cried, but there was no one to save;…
- 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.
- Psalms 89:23 (v10) I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
- Ezekiel 36:14-15 (v9) therefore you shall devour men no more, and not bereave your nation any more,” says the Lord Yahweh. “I won’t let you hear the shame of the…
- 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…
- Revelation 21:4 (v9) He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The…
- 1 Corinthians 15:25 (vv10, 12) For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
- Exodus 1:13-14 (v9) The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve, and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and…
- Exodus 1:21 (v10) Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
- Exodus 2:23 (v9) In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and…
- Judges 2:14-18 (v10) Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of…
- Judges 4:3 (v10) The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for…
- 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.
- Psalms 21:8-9 (v10) Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you. You will make them as a fiery furnace in the…
- Psalms 44:2 (v9) You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
- Ezekiel 28:4 (v9) by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;
- Amos 9:15 (v9) I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.
- 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,
- Ephesians 5:6 (v9) Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
- 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 13:19-20 (v10) Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or…
- 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…
- Psalms 92:13 (v9) They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.
- Psalms 127:1 (v10) Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
- Isaiah 49:17 (v9) Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.
- 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.
- Isaiah 60:18 (v9) Violence shall no more be heard in your land, nor desolation or destruction within your borders; but you will call your walls Salvation,…
- Isaiah 61:3 (v9) to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the…
- 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…
- Jeremiah 24:6 (v9) For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land. I will build them, and not pull them down. I will plant…
- Jeremiah 31:3-12 (v9) Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness. I…
- Jeremiah 32:41 (v9) Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”
- Ezekiel 34:13 (v9) I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. I will feed them on…
- Ezekiel 37:25 (v9) They will dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived. They will dwell therein, they, and their…
- 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.”
- Ephesians 2:2-3 (v9) in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works…
- Genesis 15:15 (v11) but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
- Judges 3:8 (v10) Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children…
- Judges 6:3-6 (v10) So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them. They encamped…
- 1 Samuel 13:5-6 (v10) The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the…
- 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 89:22 (v9) No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
- 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.
- Psalms 110:1 (v10) Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
- 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.
- 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 vv9, 10, 12, 13 Or, consume.
Or, consume.
Make them sure that they shall not remove.
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Hebrew, sons of iniquity.
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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 vv9, 14 The children of wickedness; such as are devoted and…
The children of wickedness; such as are devoted and wholly given up to wickedness; elsewhere called children of Belial.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv10, 14 Furthermore, &c. - Must he think, that his purpose…
Furthermore, &c. - Must he think, that his purpose was in vain, and that he should lose the reward of it? No: it being God's act that prevented the execution of it, he shall be as fully recompensed as if it had been done.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv9, 12, 13 Verse 9. Neither shall the children of wickedness] They…
Verse 9. Neither shall the children of wickedness] They shall no more be brought into servitude as they were in the time they sojourned in Egypt. This is what is here referred to.
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1Ch 17:10. Furthermore I tell thee, &c. — Must he think that his purpose was in vain, and that he should lose the reward of it? No: it being God’s act that prevented the execution of it, he shall be as fully recompensed as if it had been done.
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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 vv9, 11, 12, 13 A place permanent and secure, while I have had…
A place permanent and secure, while I have had no fixed abode. (Calmet) --- No more, for a long time: and unless they provoke me by their crimes, as they did afterwards, and were exposed to more severe chastisements. Constant rest is not always expedient. (Tirinus)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv9, 11, 13, 14 at the beginning, and since the time that I…
at the beginning, and since the time that I commanded judges--that is, including the whole period from Joshua to Saul.
I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house--This was the language of Nathan himself, who was specially directed to assure David, not only of personal blessing and prosperity, but of a continuous line of royal descendants.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv9–14 9. Also I will ordain … and they shall…
9. Also I will ordain … and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved … as at the beginning] R.V. And I will appoint … that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved … as at the first.
waste them] Sam. afflict them.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv9–14 (9) I will ordain a place for my people…
(9) I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them.—Comp. Exo_15:17; Psa_44:2-3. Although Israel had effected a settlement in Canaan, the history seems to show that down to the times of David the tribal boundaries were subject to great fluctuation, and the inroads of surrounding peoples made their tenure very uncertain.
Them . . . they . . . their.—Heb., him . . . he . . . his; Israel, the subject, being singular.
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In their place.—In his own stead, or fixed habitation. (Comp. homestead, farmstead.)
Shall be moved.—Shall be troubled, or disturbed.
Children of wickedness.—Sons of wickedness, i.e., wicked men; like “sons of Belial” (worthlessness).
Waste them.—An Aramaic usage of the verb. Samuel, “afflict them,” which seems original. (Comp. Gen_15:13.)
As at the beginning.—Referring to the bondage in Egypt.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv9–13 All the verbs of this verse are in the…
All the verbs of this verse are in the same tense as those of the foregoing verse, which are correctly translated. For an expression similar to the last clause of the verse, Neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, may be found in Psa_89:22.
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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.
Paul E. Kretzmann, Popular Commentary of the Bible (1921–1924) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv9, 11, 13 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
God continues describing his promises to King David through the prophet Nathan.
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General Information:
The words "your" and "you" in these verses refer to David.
I will appoint a place
"I will choose a place"
will plant them there
God causing the people to live in the land permanently and securely is spoken of as if he would plant them in the land. AT: "I will settle them there" (See: Metaphor)
be troubled no more
This can be stated in active form. AT: "no one will ever trouble them" (See: Active or Passive)
from the days
Here "days" represents a longer period of time. AT: "from the time" (See: Metonymy)
I commanded judges
After the people of Israel entered the land of Canaan and before they had kings to rule them, God appointed leaders called "judges" to lead them in times of trouble.
to be over my people Israel
To be in authority is referred to as being over someone. AT: "to rule my people Israel" (See: Idiom)
subdue
make a person or animal unable to attack
build you a house
Here the metonym "house" refers to David's ancestors continuing on as the rulers of Israel. In 1 Chronicles 17:4 God told David he would not be the one to build a house for Yahweh. There "house" represented a temple. If your language has a word that can express both ideas, use it here and in 1Ch 17:4. (See: Metonymy)
translationWords
appoint
trouble
evil
oppress
command
judge, judges
house
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv10, 12, 13, 14 17:10-14 David had resolved to build a house for…
17:10-14 David had resolved to build a house for the Lord—the Temple. Instead, the Lord would build a house for David—a dynasty of kings. Establishing David’s eternal dynasty was the central part of God’s plan to establish his rule on earth.
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