2 Samuel 7:16-26

16 "¹Your 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, "²Who 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, ³for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future. And ⁴this is the custom of man, O Lord GOD.

20 "Again what more can David say to You? For ⁵You know Your servant, O Lord GOD!

21 "⁶For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know.

22 "For this reason * ⁷You are great, O Lord GOD; for ⁸there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, ⁹according to all that we have heard with our ears.

23 "And ¹⁰what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and ¹¹to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before * ¹²Your people whom ¹³You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods?

24 "For ¹⁴You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever *, and ¹⁵You, O LORD, have become their God.

25 "Now therefore, O LORD God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house, confirm it forever *, and do as You have spoken,

26 ¹⁶that Your name may be magnified forever *, by saying, 'The LORD of hosts is God over Israel '; and may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

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2 Samuel 7:16-26 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 16

1. 2 Samuel 7:13; Psalms 89:36, 37
2. Exodus 3:11; 1 Samuel 18:18
3. 2 Samuel 7:11-16; 1 Chronicles 17:17
4. Isaiah 55:8, 9
5. 1 Samuel 16:7; John 21:17
6. 1 Chronicles 17:19; Ephesians 4:32
7. Deuteronomy 3:24; Psalms 48:1; Psalms 86:10
8. Exodus 15:11; 1 Samuel 2:2
9. Exodus 10:2; Psalms 44:1
10. Deuteronomy 4:32-38
11. Deuteronomy 10:21
12. Deuteronomy 15:15
13. Deuteronomy 9:26
14. Deuteronomy 32:6
15. Genesis 17:7, 8; Exodus 6:7
16. Psalms 72:18, 19; Matthew 6:9

Footnotes 3

[a]. So with Gr and some ancient mss; M.T. "you"
[b]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD, and so through out the ch
[c]. Or "law"