2 Samuel 7:10-20

10 "I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and ¹will plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, ²nor will the wicked * afflict them any more as formerly,

11 even ³from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and ⁴I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that ⁵the LORD will make a house for you.

12 "⁶When your days are complete and you ⁷lie down with your fathers, ⁸I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom.

13 "⁹He shall build a house for My name, and ¹⁰I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever *.

14 "¹¹I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; ¹²when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men,

15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, ¹³as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

16 "¹⁴Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever *; your throne shall be established forever *.""'

17 In accordance with all these words and all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

David's Prayer

18 Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, "¹⁵Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

19 "And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, ¹⁶for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future. And ¹⁷this is the custom of man, O Lord GOD.

20 "Again what more can David say to You? For ¹⁸You know Your servant, O Lord GOD!

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2 Samuel 7:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 7

This chapter expresses David's concern for building an house for the ark of God, which he communicated to Nathan the prophet, and was approved of by him, 2Sa 7:1-3; and who was that night sent by the Lord to David, to acquaint him, that as he had for many years dwelt in a tent, and had never given directions to the tribes of Israel, and the rulers of them, to build him an house, so neither should David build him one; but his son that would succeed him in the throne should; and also observes to him the many great things he had done for him, and promises him more, and particularly the establishment of his throne and kingdom for ever, in which he has respect to the Messiah, that should spring from him, 2Sa 7:4-17. Then follows a prayer of David, in which he expresses the sense he had of the greatness and goodness of God, and of his own unworthiness to receive such favours from him he had, returns him thanks for the promises he had made, and prays for the performance of them, 2Sa 7:18-29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 18

1. Exodus 15:17; Isaiah 5:2, 7
2. Psalms 89:22, 23; Isaiah 60:18
3. Judges 2:14-16; 1 Samuel 12:9-11
4. 2 Samuel 7:1
5. 1 Samuel 25:28; 2 Samuel 7:27
6. 1 Kings 2:1
7. Deuteronomy 31:16; Acts 13:36
8. 1 Kings 8:20; Psalms 132:11
9. 1 Kings 6:12; 1 Kings 8:19
10. Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 49:8
11. Psalms 89:26, 27; 2 Corinthians 6:18; Hebrews 1:5
12. 1 Kings 11:34; Psalms 89:30-33
13. 1 Samuel 15:23; 1 Samuel 16:14
14. 2 Samuel 7:13; Psalms 89:36, 37
15. Exodus 3:11; 1 Samuel 18:18
16. 2 Samuel 7:11-16; 1 Chronicles 17:17
17. Isaiah 55:8, 9
18. 1 Samuel 16:7; John 21:17

Footnotes 6

[a]. Lit "sons of wickedness"
[b]. Lit "seed"
[c]. Lit "your bowels"
[d]. So with Gr and some ancient mss; M.T. "you"
[e]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD, and so through out the ch
[f]. Or "law"