2 Samuel 7:8

8 »Ahora ve y dile a mi siervo David: “Esto ha declarado el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales: te saqué de cuidar ovejas en los pastos y te elegí para que fueras el líder de mi pueblo Israel.

2 Samuel 7:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 7:8

Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David
For it was taken well at his hands, in part, that it was in his heart, and he had a desire to build an house for God, though he was wrong in determining upon it without seeking the Lord; and lest he should be discouraged by the prohibition of him from building, the following things are observed to assure him it was not from disregard unto him, or displeasure at him, that he would not be employed in this service; since the Lord had given sufficient tokens of his favour to him, and with which he should be content, as having honour enough done him; it was enough that God had raised him up from a low estate to great grandeur and dignity:

thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from
following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel;
for that was his employment, to keep his father's sheep, before he was taken into Saul's court, and married his daughter, when after his death he came to have the crown, of Israel: now this is said, not to upbraid him with his former meanness, but to observe the goodness of God unto him, and what reason he had for thankfulness, and to look upon himself as a favourite of God, who of a keeper of sheep was made a shepherd of men, to rule and feed them; so Cyrus is called a shepherd, ( Isaiah 44:28 ) ; and Agamemnon, in Homer ^F23, is called "the shepherd of the people".

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Iliad. 2.

2 Samuel 7:8 In-Context

6 Desde el día en que saqué a los israelitas de Egipto hasta hoy, nunca he vivido en una casa. Siempre fui de un lugar a otro con una carpa y un tabernáculo como mi morada.

7 Sin embargo, dondequiera que fui con los israelitas, ni una sola vez me quejé ante los jefes de las tribus de Israel, los pastores de mi pueblo Israel. Nunca les pregunté: ‘¿Por qué no me han construido una hermosa casa de cedro?’”.

8 »Ahora ve y dile a mi siervo David: “Esto ha declarado el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales: te saqué de cuidar ovejas en los pastos y te elegí para que fueras el líder de mi pueblo Israel.

9 He estado contigo dondequiera que has ido y destruí a todos tus enemigos frente a tus propios ojos. ¡Ahora haré que tu nombre sea tan famoso como el de los grandes que han vivido en la tierra!

10 Le daré una patria a mi pueblo Israel y lo estableceré en un lugar seguro donde nunca será molestado. Las naciones malvadas no lo oprimirán como lo hicieron en el pasado,