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2 Samuel 7:1-2
New Catholic Bible
2 Samuel 7:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 7
David’s Concern for the Ark.[a] 1 When King David was settled in his palace and the Lord had granted him rest from all his enemies surrounding him, 2 he said to the prophet Nathan: “Here I am, dwelling in a house of cedar, while the Ark of God dwells in a tent.”
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- 2 Samuel 7:1 David wants to build a “house,” a temple, for the Lord, but the Lord turns things around: he promises that he will build a “house” for David, that is, that he will keep David’s descendants forever on the throne of Israel; this marks the climax of the story of David. It is also one of the most important passages of the Bible: generation after generation, Israel will read and reread it (see Pss 89; 132); gradually its faith will glimpse the image of the “Son of David,” the Messiah (Anointed One), who will save Israel and renew the universe, until the day when Jesus, the Christ (Anointed One) and Son of David, will come for the real fulfillment of this expectation.
