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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:4-17

We have here a full revelation of God's favour to David and the kind intentions of that favour, the notices and assurances of which God sent him by Nathan the prophet, whom he entrusted to deliver this long message to him. The design of it is to take him off from his purpose of building the temple and it was therefore sent, 1. By the same hand that had given him encouragement to do it, lest, if it had been sent by any other, Nathan should be despised and insulted and David should be perplexed,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:7

In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel ,.... See Gill on 2 Samuel 7:6 on the places mentioned there: spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel ; or rather the sceptres of Israel; so the word is rendered, Genesis 49:10 ; the sceptre bearers, rulers, and governors, whose custom was to carry a sceptre in their hands, as Ben Melech observes; and so in a parallel text, 1 Chronicles 17:6 , it is, "to any of the judges of Israel"; any of those from... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 7:7

With any of the tribes - "Spake I a word to any of the Judges" is the reading in the parallel place, 1 Chronicles 17:6 , and this is probably the true reading. Indeed, there is but one letter of difference between them, and letters which might be easily mistaken for each other: שבטי shibtey , tribes, is almost the same in appearance with ht שפטי shophetey , judges; the ב beth and the פ pe being the same letter, the apex under the upper stroke of the פ pe ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:1-11

The facts are: 1 . David, being settled in his kingdom and furnished with a permanent place of abode, is dissatisfied that the ark of the Lord should remain in a frail tent. 2 . He sends for Nathan, and intimates his desire to build a fitting house for the Lord, and receives encouragement from the prophet. 3 . During a vision of the night Nathan is directed to inform David that his desire cannot be realized; that all along it had been God's will to move from place to place in a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:4-11

( 1 Chronicles 17:3-10 ). ( ZION .) A forbidden purpose. "Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?" On reflection, the prophet, perhaps, felt some misgiving as to the wisdom of the counsel he had given to the king; and (in prayer) the same night (before any steps could be taken to carry it into effect) he received a Divine communication which he faithfully announced. The chief significance of this communication lies in the promise it contained with respect to "the house of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:7

In all the places wherein I have walked; Hebrew, in all wherein I continued walking; that is, in all my walking, in all the whole time wherein I have been a wanderer. Instead of tribes, the Chronicler ( 1 Chronicles 17:6 ) reads "judges," the words in the Hebrew being almost identical. "Judges" is, of course, the more easy and natural reading, but "tribes" gives a fuller sense, and is supported by all the versions. For in the troubled anarchy which lasted until Saul's reign, first one... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 7:7

The tribes of Israel - The duplicate passage reads judges (see margin and compare 2 Samuel 7:11). But a comparison with such passages as Psa 78:67-68; 1 Kings 8:16; and 1 Chronicles 28:4, favors the reading “tribes,” and the phrase is a condensed one, the meaning of which is, that whatever tribe had in times past supplied the ruler of Israel, whether Ephraim in the days of Joshua, or Benjamin in the time of Saul, or Judah in that of David, God had never required any of these tribes to build a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 7:7

2 Samuel 7:7. The tribes of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people Israel The word tribes seems here to be put for judges, appointed to govern the tribes. Indeed, the Hebrew word שׁבשׂי , shibtee, here rendered tribes, signifies also sceptres, and, consequently, supreme governors or rulers; such as the judges were, who had the supreme authority in Israel. Saying, Why build ye not me a house of cedar? God was the most proper judge what house was agreeable to him, and he... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:1-29

God’s promise and David’s prayer (7:1-29)When David expressed his desire to build God a permanent symbolic dwelling place, God reminded him through the prophet Nathan that Israel’s God, Yahweh, was not limited to one land or one place. For that reason his symbolic dwelling place had been a tent, something that was movable and could be set up in any place at all (7:1-7).Nevertheless, because the people of Israel were not spiritually in a condition where the ideal for them could work, God would... read more

E.W. Bullinger

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

tribes , or "judges", as Chron. 2 Samuel 17:6 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:4-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 7:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:4-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 7:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 7:7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:1-29

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

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