2 Samuel 7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:8

(8) Sheepcote.—Better, pasture. read more

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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:12

(12) Which shall proceed.—The promise here given certainly has immediate reference to Solomon, and it is thought by many that the use of the future shows that he was not yet born. This may be the fact, and if so, the expression will give an important indication of the point in David’s reign to which this passage belongs. But the same expression might have been used after Solomon’s birth, the future tense being merely an assimilation to the futures of the whole passage, and the point of the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:14

(14) If he commit iniquity.—The promise has plainly in view a human successor or successors of David upon his throne; and yet it also promises the establishment of David’s kingdom FOREVER by an emphatic threefold repetition (2 Samuel 7:13; 2 Samuel 7:16), which can only be fulfilled, and has always been understood as to be fulfilled, in the Messiah. There is a similar promise of a prophet, human and yet more than human, in Deuteronomy 18:15-22, and the explanation in both cases is the same. The... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:15

(15) As I took it from Saul.—He and his house were utterly and permanently set aside; David’s descendants will be punished for their sins, yet shall never be forgotten, and shall, ultimately issue in one who shall conquer sin and death for ever. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:16

(16) Established.—Two different Hebrew words are so translated in this verse. The first is the same word as that used in 2 Samuel 7:12-13, while the second is translated sure in 1 Samuel 2:35; Isaiah 55:3, and would be better rendered here also made sure.Before thee.—The LXX. has unnecessarily changed this to before me. The thought is, that David is now made the head of the line in which shall be fulfilled the primeval promise “The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent’s head.” This was... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:17

(17) This vision.—A word applied to any Divine communication, and not merely to that given in vision strictly so called. (See Isaiah 1:1.) read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:18

(18) Then went king David in, and sat.—As always at every important point in his life, David’s first care is to take that which he has in his mind before the Lord. The place to which he went must be the tent he had pitched for the ark. Here he sat to meditate in God’s presence upon the communication which had now been made to him, and then to offer his thanksgiving (2 Samuel 7:18-21), praise (2 Samuel 7:22-24), and prayer (2 Samuel 7:25-29).The Divine Name is here printed with the word GOD in... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:19

(19) Is this the manner of man?—This clause is very obscure in the original, and little help in determining its meaning can be had from the ancient versions. The word translated “manner” is a very common one, and never has this sense elsewhere; its well established meaning is law. Neither is there any reason to suppose that a question is intended. Translate, “And this is a law for man!” David expresses his surprise that so great a promise, even a decree of an eternal kingdom, should be given to... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:22

(22) All that we have heard with our ears.—Such expressions are common enough in all languages not only for that which has been communicated orally, but for all that has been made known in any way; the same word is used with reference to written records in Deuteronomy 4:6; 2 Kings 17:14; 2 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 19:16 (in Hezekiah’s prayer in reference to Sennacherib’s letter); Nehemiah 9:29; probably Esther 2:8; and in many other places. (So also the corresponding Greek word, Revelation 1:3,... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:8

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:12

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:14

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:19

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 7:22

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