_NOW IT CAME TO PASS, AS DAVID SAT IN HIS HOUSE, THAT DAVID SAID TO
NATHAN THE PROPHET, LO, I DWELL IN AN_ _ NOW IT CAME TO PASS, AS DAVID
SAT IN HIS HOUSE, THAT DAVID SAID TO NATHAN THE PROPHET, LO, I DWELL
IN AN HOUSE OF CEDARS, BUT THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD
REMAINETH UNDER CURTAINS._
A... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN NATHAN SAID UNTO DAVID, DO ALL THAT IS IN THINE HEART; FOR GOD
IS WITH THEE._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR I HAVE NOT DWELT IN AN HOUSE SINCE THE DAY THAT I BROUGHT UP
ISRAEL UNTO THIS DAY; BUT HAVE GONE FROM TENT TO TENT, AND FROM ONE
TABERNACLE TO ANOTHER._
I ... have gone from tent to tent ... The literal rendering is, 'I was
walking in a tent and in a dwelling.' The evident intention (as we may... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHERESOEVER I HAVE WALKED WITH ALL ISRAEL, SPAKE I A WORD TO ANY OF
THE JUDGES OF ISRAEL, WHOM I COMMANDED TO FEED MY PEOPLE, SAYING, WHY
HAVE YE NOT BUILT ME AN HOUSE OF CEDARS?_
Spake I a word to any of the judges. In 2 Samuel 7:7 it is "any of the
tribes" of Israel. Both are included. But the j... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THEREFORE THUS SHALT THOU SAY UNTO MY SERVANT DAVID, THUS SAITH
THE LORD OF HOSTS, I TOOK THEE FROM THE SHEEPCOTE, EVEN FROM FOLLOWING
THE SHEEP, THAT THOU SHOULDEST BE RULER OVER MY PEOPLE ISRAEL:_
Thus saith the Lord ... I took thee from the sheep-cote х_ MIN_
(H4480) _ HANAAWEH_ (H5116)]. T... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I HAVE BEEN WITH THEE WHITHERSOEVER THOU HAST WALKED, AND HAVE
CUT OFF ALL THINE ENEMIES FROM BEFORE THEE, AND HAVE MADE THEE A NAME
LIKE THE NAME OF THE GREAT MEN THAT ARE IN THE EARTH._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SINCE THE TIME THAT I COMMANDED JUDGES TO BE OVER MY PEOPLE
ISRAEL. MOREOVER I WILL SUBDUE ALL THINE ENEMIES. FURTHERMORE I TELL
THEE THAT THE LORD WILL BUILD THEE AN HOUSE._
And since the time that I commanded judges - i:e., including the whole
period from Joshua to Saul.
I TELL THEE THAT TH... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN THY DAYS BE EXPIRED THAT THOU MUST GO
TO BE WITH THY FATHERS, THAT I WILL RAISE UP THY SEED AFTER THEE,
WHICH SHALL BE OF THY SONS; AND I WILL ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM._
I will raise up thy seed (2 Samuel 7:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE SHALL BUILD ME AN HOUSE, AND I WILL STABLISH HIS THRONE FOR EVER._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL BE HIS FATHER, AND HE SHALL BE MY SON: AND I WILL NOT TAKE MY
MERCY AWAY FROM HIM, AS I TOOK IT FROM HIM THAT WAS BEFORE THEE:_
I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it. My procedure in
dealing with him will be different from my disposal of Saul. Should
his misconduct call for p... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT I WILL SETTLE HIM IN MINE HOUSE AND IN MY KINGDOM FOR EVER: AND
HIS THRONE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR EVERMORE._
I will settle him in mine house - over my people Israel.
AND IN MY KINGDOM. God here asserts His right of supreme sovereignty
in Israel. David and Solomon, with their successors, we... [ Continue Reading ]
_ACCORDING TO ALL THESE WORDS, AND ACCORDING TO ALL THIS VISION, SO
DID NATHAN SPEAK UNTO DAVID._
According to all ... this vision. The revelation of the divine will
was made to the prophet in a dream.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID THE KING CAME AND SAT BEFORE THE LORD, AND SAID, WHO AM I,
O LORD GOD, AND WHAT IS MINE HOUSE, THAT THOU HAST BROUGHT ME
HITHERTO?_
David the king ... sat before the Lord, and said - (see the notes at 2
Samuel 7:18.)... [ Continue Reading ]