Wherefore Thou art great . Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6 , wherefore I will declare and praise Thee as great. O LORD God = O Jehovah Elohim. Note the change, because it is not now in connection with the earth, but what He is in Himself. read more
what . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . like Israel . Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "like Thy People Israel". redeem . Hebrew. padah. See notes on Exodus 13:13 and 2 Samuel 6:6 . read more
MESSIAH THE SON OF DAVID PROMISED"This chapter is a milestone of O.T. revelation."[1] "Nathan's prophecy here (2 Samuel 7:1-17) is in many ways the most important (part) of the books of Samuel."[2] Our own conviction is that there is not a more important prophecy of the Messiah anywhere in the O.T.There are also two exceedingly important considerations which must be observed if one hopes to understand what is written here. First, the real explanation of what God said here is to be found in the... read more
GOD VETOED DAVID'S PROPOSAL"But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, `Go and tell my servant David, "Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to live in? I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent for my dwelling. In all places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people... read more
GOD'S PROMISE TO BUILD DAVID A HOUSE (ROYAL LINEAGE)"Now therefore thus shall you say to my servant David, `Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel; and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they... read more
THE GLORIOUS PROMISE OF THE MESSIAH"When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men; but I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I... read more
DAVID'S PRAYER OF GRATITUDE TO GOD"Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and said, "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far? And yet this was a small thing in thy eyes, O Lord God; thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast shown me future generations, O Lord God. And what more can David say to thee? For thou knowest thy servant, O Lord God! Because of thy promise, and according to thine own heart, thou hast... read more
2 Samuel 7:1. When the king sat in his house— Dwelt in his house. Houb. i.e. enjoyed himself in peace and repose in the house which Hiram had built for him. Dr. Delaney supposes, it was during this peace that he composed the 92nd Psalm. read more
2 Samuel 7:2. Nathan the prophet— Nathan was both polite and prudent, and knew how to temper the severity of wisdom with the sweetness of good manners. Grotius compares him to Manlius Lepidus, who is celebrated by Tacitus, "for diverting the emperor Tiberius from such cruel purposes, as the vile flattery of others was apt to instigate him to." He compares him likewise to Piso, the chief priest of the Romans, who is described by the same historian as one who was never guilty of the least degree... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 7:19
manner = Torah or Law. man. Hebrew. ha-adam = the man. "And is this the law of the man? "i.e. the Man of Psalms 8:5 , Psalms 8:6 , who is to have dominion over all the earth, embracing all the world in the scope of this blessing in connection with the Messiah. This is an exclamation of greatest surprise and wonder of this revelation concerning David's son and David's Lord. read more