2 Samuel 7:4-17
1599 Geneva Bible
4 ¶ And the same night the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,
5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, [a]Shalt thou build me an house for my dwelling?
6 For I have dwelt in no house since the time that I brought the children of Israel out of Egypt unto this day, but have walked in a tent and Tabernacle.
7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I one [b]word with any of the tribes of Israel when I commanded the Judges to feed my people Israel? or said I, Why build ye not me an house of cedar trees?
8 Now therefore so say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, (A)I took thee from the sheepcote following the sheep, that thou mightest be ruler over my people, over Israel.
9 And I was with thee wheresoever thou hast walked, and have destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a [c]great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
10 (Also I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant it, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move [d]no more, neither shall wicked people trouble them anymore as beforetime,
11 And since the time that I set Judges over my people of Israel) and I will give thee rest from all thine enemies: also the Lord telleth thee, that he will make thee an house.
12 (B)And when thy days be fulfilled, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, and I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy body, and will establish his kingdom.
13 (C)He shall build an house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14 (D)I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and if he (E)sin, I will chasten him with the [e]rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of men.
15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul whom I have put away before thee.
16 And thine house shall be established and thy kingdom forever before thee, even thy throne shall be [f]established forever.
17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, Nathan spake thus unto David.
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- 2 Samuel 7:5 Meaning, he should not: yet Nathan speaking according to man’s judgment and not by the spirit of prophecy, permitted him.
- 2 Samuel 7:7 As concerning building of an house: meaning, that without God’s express word, nothing ought to be attempted.
- 2 Samuel 7:9 I have made thee famous through all the world.
- 2 Samuel 7:10 He promiseth them quietness, if they will walk in his fear and obedience.
- 2 Samuel 7:14 That is, gently, as fathers used to chastise their children.
- 2 Samuel 7:16 This was begun in Solomon, as a figure, but accomplished in Christ.
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