1 Chronicles 17:1-27 (2 Samuel 7:1-29). God's Answer to David's expressed desire to build a Temple. David's Thanks-giving This passage is a reproduction with some omissions (cp. 1 Chronicles 17:1; 1 Chronicles 17:5; 1 Chronicles 17:12-13; 1 Chronicles 17:27) and variations (cp. 1Ch 17:5-6; 1 Chron [ Continue Reading ]
_as David sat_ R.V. WHEN DAVID DWELT. _in his house_ Samuel adds, _and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies_. The Chronicler omits these words probably because his next three Chapter s (18 20) are devoted to wars (cp. 2 Samuel 8:10). _of cedars_ R.V. OF CEDAR (as Sam.). _t... [ Continue Reading ]
_in thine heart_ The heart according to Heb. thought is the seat of intention and purpose.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the same night_ Genesis 20:3; 1 Samuel 3:2-3; 1 Kings 3:5; Job 4:12-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
_I brought up Israel_ i.e. _out of Egypt_(so Sam.). _but have gone from tent to tent and from_one _tabernacle_to another] Sam. _but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle_. The Heb. text of Chron. defies translation; that of Sam. is better.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the judges_ A better reading than _the tribes_(Sam.). _of cedars_ R.V. OF CEDAR; cp. 1 Chronicles 17:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
_sheepcote_ Better as R.V. mg. PASTURE. _ruler_ R.V. PRINCE. Cp. 1 Chronicles 5:2, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_thou hast walked_ R.V. THOU WENTEST (as Sam.). _and have made thee_ R.V. AND I WILL MAKE THEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Also I will ordain_… _and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved … as at the beginning_ R.V. AND I WILL APPOINT … THAT THEY MAY DWELL IN THEIR OWN PLACE, AND BE MOVED … AS AT THE FIRST. _waste them_ Sam. _afflict them_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_and since the time … Israel. Moreover … Furthermore_ R.V. AND AS FROM THE DAY … ISRAEL; AND … MOREOVER … _subdue all thine enemies_ Sam. (R.V.) _cause thee to rest from all thine enemies_. _build thee a house_ Sam. _make thee an house_, the house meant being a dynasty, and not a building.... [ Continue Reading ]
_be expired_ R.V. BE FULFILLED, as Sam. _that thou must go_to be _with_ Sam. _and thou shalt sleep with_. _which shall be of thy sons_ Sam. _which shall proceed out of thy bowels_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_me a house_ Sam. _an house for my name_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_my son_ Here Sam. adds, _If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men_. _as I took_it _from_him _that was before thee_ Sam. _as I took it from Saul whom I put away before thee_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever_ Sam. _And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee_. _in mine house_ Numbers 12:7; cp. 1 Timothy 3:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And … came_ R.V. THEN … WENT IN (as Sam.), i.e. into the tent which he had pitched for the ark; 1 Chronicles 16:1. _sat before the Lord_ So LXX. and 2 Samuel 7:18. The Targ. rightly paraphrases, "and tarried in prayer before Jehovah." The same use of the verb "sit" to imply continuance is found in... [ Continue Reading ]
_and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree_ Better as in 2 Samuel 7:19, _and this_too _after the manner ofmen_(an exclamation). The Heb. phrase is not quite the same in the two passages, and there is nothing in Sam. corresponding with the words _of high degree_, but the te... [ Continue Reading ]
speak _more_ R.V. SAY YET MORE. _for the honour of thy servant_ R.V. CONCERNING THE HONOUR WHICH IS DONE TO THY SERVANT. Samuel omits these words. _thou knowest thy servant_ Approvest, acceptest; cp. Psalms 1:6; Psalms 101:4; Jeremiah 1:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
_for thy servant's sake_ 2 Samuel 7:21, _for thy word's sake_, a better reading.... [ Continue Reading ]
_what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel_ Better as R.V. mg., WHO IS LIKE THY PEOPLE ISRAEL, A NATION THAT IS ALONE IN THE EARTH. Cp. Targ. _a people unique and chosen in the earth_. _of greatness and terribleness_ R.V. BY GREAT AND TERRIBLE THINGS.... [ Continue Reading ]
_let the thing … be established_ Lit. LET THE WORD … BE MADE AMEN (i.e. "sure.")... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified_ Render with R.V. mg. YEA, LET IT BE ESTABLISHED, AND LET THY NAME BE MAGNIFIED.... [ Continue Reading ]
_hast told_ R.V. HAST REVEALED TO, it., _hast uncovered the ear of_. _hath … found … to pray_ i.e. hath found words and courage to pray.... [ Continue Reading ]
_this goodness_ R.V. THIS GOOD THING.... [ Continue Reading ]
_now therefore let it please thee … that_it _may be_… it shall be _blessed_ R.V. AND NOW IT HATH PLEASED THEE … THAT IT MAY CONTINUE … IT IS BLESSED. _thou blessest, O Lord, and_it shall be _blessed_ 2 Samuel 7:29, _thou, O Lard God, hast spoken_it; _and with thy blessing let the house of thy serva... [ Continue Reading ]