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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 7:6

children = sons. walked = have been walking [habitually]. and in a tabernacle = as my habitation. Hebrew. mishkan. App-40 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 7:8

the LORD of hosts . Hebrew. Jehovah. Sebaioth. App-4 . One of the Jehovah titles. Compare 2 Samuel 5:10 ; 2 Samuel 6:2 , and see note on 1 Samuel 1:3 . I took . Compare 1 Samuel 16:11 , 1 Samuel 16:12 .Psalms 78:70 , Psalms 78:71 . over . Some codices, with one early printed edition, Syriac, and Vulgate, omit this second "over". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 7:11

He . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 . house . Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6 , for household or family: i.e. a line of succession. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 7:12

sleep with thy fathers . Figure of speech Euphemism ( App-6 ), put for "die". See note on Deuteronomy 31:16 . My his Father = to him for a Father. My son = to Me for a son. iniquity . Hebrew ` avah. App-44 . men. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14 .Psalms 89:31 , Psalms 89:32 . men. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 7:16

thee . Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "Me". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 7:18

Then . It is grace that really humbles. sat before the LORD . Very different from sitting before one's self, as in 2 Samuel 7:1 . Who am I . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . Compare 2 Samuel 7:1 . When David sat in his own house he sat before him-self. See Structure, p. 416, "Q" and "Q". O Lord GOD = O Adonai Jehovah . Adonai because (1) David is the servant and He the master; (2) because this title has to do with lordship in the earth. App-4 . Compare verses: 2 Samuel 7:7 , 2... read more

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