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THE NATIONS AND THEIR GODS - i e. the people and the idols of Canaan....
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4. THE LORD'S PROMISE TO DAVID AND THE COVENANT
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. David's desire (2 Samuel 7:1)_
2. Nathan receives the message for David (2 Samuel 7:4)
3. David in the presence of Jehovah (2 Samuel...
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2 SAMUEL 7. DAVID PROPOSES TO BUILD A TEMPLE FOR THE ARK BUT YAHWEH
PREFERS TO DWELL IN A TENT, AS HERETOFORE. HE PROMISES DAVID THAT HIS
DYNASTY SHALL ALWAYS OCCUPY THE THRONE (D). An independent nar...
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WHAT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.
LIKE ISRAEL. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read
"like Thy People Israel".
REDEEM. Hebrew. _padah._ See notes on Exodus 13:13 and 2...
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David's prayer and thanksgiving
David's address to God consists of (_a_) humble thanksgiving for the
undeserved favour shewn to him and his house, 2 Samuel 7:18; (_b_)
praise for God's past manifesta...
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_And what_, &c. FOR WHAT, &c., a further reason for the last
statement. Cp. Deuteronomy 4:7; Deuteronomy 4:32-38.
_whom God went_&c. Better, WHICH THEIR GOD WENT TO REDEEM. _Elôhîm_,
the Heb. word for...
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TO DO FOR YOU— Instead of _for you,_ the LXX, Vulgate, and Arabic
read, _for them,_ which is certainly right. See Houbigant, Hallet, &c.
By referring to 1 Chronicles 17:21 the embarrassment of this ve...
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_David's Response to the Lord's Will._ 2 Samuel 7:18-29
18 Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who
_am_ I, O Lord God? and what _is_ my house, that thou hast brought me
hit...
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_AND WHAT ONE NATION IN THE EARTH IS LIKE THY PEOPLE, EVEN LIKE
ISRAEL, WHOM GOD WENT TO REDEEM FOR A PEOPLE TO HIMSELF, AND TO MAKE
HIM A NAME, AND TO DO FOR YOU GREAT THINGS AND TERRIBLE, FOR THY LA...
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7:23 went (e-17) 'Went' is plural here. them (f-36) Lit. 'for you.'...
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THE PROMISE OF GOD TO DAVID IN REQUITAL OF HIS DESIRE TO BUILD THE
TEMPLE
This chapter affords an excellent illustration of the way in which
prophecy has often two quite distinct applications, one to...
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To render this v. intelligible we must do two things: (_a_) with LXX
omit the words 'for you,' (_b_) with Chronicles change 'for thy land'
into 'drive out.' Render, therefore,' and to do great things...
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 7
GOD MAKES A PROMISE TO DAVID
V1 King David was living in his palace now. The *Lord had given him
peace from his enemies. V2 One...
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WHOM GOD WENT TO REDEEM. — The word here used for God in this its
usual plural form is always construed with a singular verb when it
refers to the true God. Here the verb is plural, because the though...
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וּ מִ֤י כְ עַמְּךָ֙ כְּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
גֹּ֥וי
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CHAPTER IX.
_ PROPOSAL TO BUILD A TEMPLE._
2 Samuel 7:1.
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...
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DAVID'S HUMBLE AND GRATEFUL PRAYER
2 Samuel 7:18
The promise made through Nathan was threefold: (1) that David's house
should reign forever; (2) that his seed should build the Temple; (3)
that the ki...
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The story of David's desire to build the Temple is told here in close
connection with that of his bringing the Tabernacle to Jerusalem. It
is not necessarily in chronological order, but is fittingly r...
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CHAPTER VII.
A name. So that all might praise God, for the favours which he had
bestowed upon his people, (Haydock) and admire his power and glory.
--- Gods, whom thou didst cast out of Chanaan. (Par...
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(18) В¶ Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he
said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast
brought me hitherto? (19) And this was yet a small thing in thy sight,...
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We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first
desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that,
although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
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Ardently desiring Jehovah's glory, David is troubled at dwelling in a
house of cedar, while Jehovah dwelt within curtains. He wishes to
build Him a house-a good desire, yet one which God could not gra...
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AND WHAT ONE NATION IN THE EARTH [IS] LIKE THY PEOPLE, [EVEN] LIKE
ISRAEL,.... For the knowledge and worship of the true God among them,
for laws and or given them, and for blessings of goodness besto...
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And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people, [even] like
Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make
him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy...
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_What one nation in the earth_, &c. He seems to have in view the words
of Moses in Deuteronomy 4:7; Deuteronomy 4:34. _To make him a name_
That all the world might know and acknowledge his power and g...
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1 Nathan first approouing the purpose of Dauid to build God an house,
4 after by the word of God forbiddeth him.
12 He promiseth him benefites and blessings in his seede.
18 Dauids prayer and thank...
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David's Prayer of Thanksgiving...
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And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel,
an emphatic statement of the singular position Israel enjoyed in the
grace of Jehovah, WHOM GOD WENT TO REDEEM FOR A PEOPLE TO HI...
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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...
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18-29 David's prayer is full of the breathings of devout affection
toward God. He had low thoughts of his own merits. All we have, must
be looked upon as Divine gifts. He speaks very highly and honou...
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GOD WENT, to wit, into Egypt; an expression of God after the manner of
men. TO MAKE HIM A NAME; to advance the glory of his power and
goodness, and other perfections. Compare EXODUS 9:16....
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2 Samuel 7:23 people H5971 Israel H3478 one H259 nation H1471 earth
H776 God H430 went H1980 (H8804) redeem...
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DAVID EXPRESSES HIS GRATITUDE TO YHWH FOR HIS EVERLASTING GOODNESS (2
SAMUEL 7:18).
The humility of David, and His recognition of his subjection to YHWH
comes out in this prayer which follows up on Go...
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2). WONDER AT WHAT THIS GREAT YHWH HAS DONE FOR THOSE WHOM HE HAS
CHOSEN AS HIS OWN PEOPLE (2 SAMUEL 7:22).
2 Samuel 7:22
“ For this reason you are great, O YHWH God, for there is none like
you, no...
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REDEEM
(_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 14:30) _...
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CONTENTS: David's desire to build the Lord's house. The Davidic
covenant.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Nathan.
CONCLUSION: We need no more to make us happy than to have God for a
Father to us. If He is o...
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2 Samuel 7:1. _When the king sat in his house,_ and began to feel the
approaches of age, he was more concerned for the ark than for himself.
All men, but especially the aged, should do their best for...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 7:1__ This chapter, with its promise of
the Messiah, is a key passage in the history of salvation. Verses 2
Samuel 7:8 are often described as the “Davidic covenant,” even
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 7:18 In this moving prayer, David uses the
phrase O LORD GOD (or “O LORD God”) eight times, expressing his
close intimacy with his God....
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
2 Samuel 7:17. “WORDS.” … “VISION.” “The _words_, as the
content of God’s revelation to Nathan, are distinguished from the
_vision_ as indication of its _form_ and _mode...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 7:1
WHEN THE KING SAT IN HIS HOUSE. The order is not chronological; for
the words, JEHOVAH HAD GIVEN HIM REST FROM ALL HIS ENEMIES ROUND ABOUT
(so the Revised Version, rightly), i...
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Now it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had
given him rest round about from all of his enemies; [Now he's
established, he's strong, he's powerful.] That the king said unto
Na...
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1 Chronicles 17:21; 1 Peter 2:9; Deuteronomy 10:21; Deuteronomy 15:15;...