Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 7:23
2 Samuel 7:23. What one nation in the earth, &c. He seems to have in view the words of Moses in Deuteronomy 4:7; Deuteronomy 4:34. To make him a name That all the world might know and acknowledge his power and glory. To do for you great things and terrible, &c. Instead of, for you, the Seventy, Vulgate, and Arabic read, for them. Or the words may be understood, according to Le Clerc’s interpretation, who supplies some words evidently intended to be supplied to perfect the... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 7:22
2 Samuel 7:22. Wherefore thou art great Both in power and in goodness, as appears by the great and good things which thou hast done for me. Neither is there any God besides thee Thus Hannah had expressed herself in her song, in which she prophesied of him, 1 Samuel 2:2; 1 Samuel 2:10. According to all that we have heard That is, what their forefathers had reported concerning the wonders which God had done by Moses and Joshua, and in the time of the judges. read more