2 Samuel 7:10 NVI

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 7:10-11

2 Samuel 7:10-11. I will appoint—and will plant— I have appointed—and have planted] Houbigant. And move no more— Neither may the sons of iniquity afflict them any more, as they have done before time; and even from the time when I placed judges over my people Israel, 2 Samuel 7:11. I also have given thee rest from all thine enemies, &c. Houbigant. An house— A family. Hamm. in Psalms 113:9. See 2 Samuel 7:27. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Samuel 7:4-17

God’s purpose to honor David 7:4-17The promises Yahweh made to David here are an important key to understanding God’s program for the future.God rejected David’s suggestion that he build a temple for the Lord and gave three reasons. First, there was no pressing need to do so since the ark had resided in tents since the Exodus (2 Samuel 7:6). The tent it currently occupied was the one David had pitched for it in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:17), not the tabernacle that stood then at Gibeon (1... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 7:1-29

The Promise of God to David in Requital of his Desire to Build the TempleThis chapter affords an excellent illustration of the way in which prophecy has often two quite distinct applications, one to the more immediate and the other to the more distant future. The primary reference is to Solomon (see especially 2 Samuel 7:12-14), but the prophecy looks beyond him to a greater Son, of whom he was only an emblem and type. We get a somewhat similar instance in Isaiah 7:14-17 (see especially 2... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:10

(10) Will appoint . . . will plant.—There is no change of tense in the original; read, have appointed, . . . have planted.(11) And as since the time.—These words are connected with the last clause of the verse before. The Lord says that He had now given His people rest under David, not allowing “the children of wickedness to afflict them any more as before time,” when they were in Egypt, nor as in the troubled period of the judges, “since the time that I commanded judges,” &c. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Samuel 7:1-29

The Message of the Second Book of Samuel 2 Samuel 7:7 The second book of Samuel does not contain any very definite divisions, but seems most naturally to fall into three parts. In the first, which includes chapters one to eight, we have the account of David's public doings. In the second section, containing chapters nine to twenty, we have the history of David's court life. At chapter twenty the third and closing section of the book begins. This section constitutes an appendix of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:1-29

CHAPTER IX.PROPOSAL TO BUILD A TEMPLE.2 Samuel 7:1-29.THE spirit of David was essentially active and fond of work. He was one of those who are ever pressing on, not content to keep things as they are, moving personally towards improvement, and urging others to do the same. Even in Eastern countries, with their proverbial stillness and conservatism, such men are sometimes found, but they are far more common elsewhere. Great undertakings do not frighten them; they have spirit enough for a... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Samuel 7:1-29

4. The Lord’s Promise to David and the Covenant CHAPTER 7 1. David’s desire (2 Samuel 7:1-3 ) 2. Nathan receives the message for David (2 Samuel 7:4-17 ) 3. David in the presence of Jehovah (2 Samuel 7:18-29 ) We reach now a climax. The Lord speaks and reveals His great purposes He had in His eternal councils for David, the king after His own heart. We behold the king in peace sitting in his own house; he had rest from all his enemies. In pious meditation the heart of the king had but... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Samuel 7:10

7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move {e} no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,(e) He promises them quietness, if they will walk in his fear and obedience. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 7:1-29

The Lord having given grace to David to subdue the nations surrounding Israel, it is understandable that David's thoughts turned to a serious consideration of what is due the God of Israel. Why should David enjoy a house of cedar while the ark of God was housed in a tent (v.2)? This is a case similar to the previous chapter, where David's godliness deceived him. Of course his godliness was commendable, but it is not to be depended on for guidance. A godly man, out of genuine desire for the... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:1-29

“ GOING AND GROWING ” CONQUERING FOES (2 Samuel 5:0 ) The title of this lesson is the literal rendering of 2 Samuel 5:10 , “David went on and grew great.” The margin reads, “going and growing.” First, he overcame the inhabitants of Jerusalem known as the Jebusites and, capturing the city, made it his capital (2 Samuel 5:6-9 ). The parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 11:4-9 will show the two accounts to complement and confirm one another, Samuel being the more biographic and analistic and... read more