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Text -- 2 Samuel 7:2-29 (NET)

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7:2 The king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent.” 7:3 Nathan replied to the king, “You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.” 7:4 That night the Lord told Nathan, 7:5 “Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in? 7:6 I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent. 7:7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’ 7:8 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel. 7:9 I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. 7:10 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed any more. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning 7:11 and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief from all your enemies. The Lord declares to you that he himself will build a dynastic house for you. 7:12 When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom. 7:13 He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent. 7:14 I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings. 7:15 But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 7:16 Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.’” 7:17 Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.
David Offers a Prayer to God
7:18 King David went in, sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point? 7:19 And you didn’t stop there, O Lord God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. Is this your usual way of dealing with men, O Lord God? 7:20 What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Lord God! 7:21 For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant. 7:22 Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true! 7:23 Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods. 7:24 You made Israel your very own people for all time. You, O Lord, became their God. 7:25 So now, O Lord God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised, 7:26 so you may gain lasting fame, as people say, ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel!’ The dynasty of your servant David will be established before you, 7:27 for you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have told your servant, ‘I will build you a dynastic house.’ That is why your servant has had the courage to pray this prayer to you. 7:28 Now, O sovereign Lord, you are the true God! May your words prove to be true! You have made this good promise to your servant! 7:29 Now be willing to bless your servant’s dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O sovereign Lord, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant’s dynasty be blessed on into the future!”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
 · Egypt descendants of Mizraim
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Nathan a son of David; the father of Mattatha; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of David and Bathsheba,brother of Joel in David's army; a prophet,father of Igal, one of David's military elite; a man from Zobah,father of Azariah and Zabud, priestly officials of King Solomon,son of Attai of Judah,brother of Joel, one of David's military elite,one of the leaders Ezra sent to Iddo to ask for recruits,a layman of the Binnui Clan who put away his heathen wife
 · Saul the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi


Dictionary Themes and Topics: David | SAMUEL, BOOKS OF | God | Nathan | NATHAN (1) | THEOCRACY | TEMPLE, B | Prayer | MEDIATION; MEDIATOR | Temple | CHRIST, OFFICES OF | Humility | ACCOMMODATION | King | Covenant | Prophets | TENT | Solomon | Parents | Government | more
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NET Notes: 2Sa 7:3 Heb “all that is in your heart.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:4 Heb “the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to Nathan.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:6 Heb “in a tent and in a dwelling.” The expression is a hendiadys, using two terms to express one idea.

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:7 Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:8 Heb “and from after the sheep.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:9 Heb “and I will make for you a great name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:10 Heb “the sons of violence.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:11 Heb “house,” but used here in a metaphorical sense, referring to a royal dynasty. Here the Lord’s use of the word plays off the lite...

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:12 Heb “your seed after you who comes out from your insides.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:13 Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom permanently.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:16 Heb “throne.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:17 Heb “according to all these words and according to all this revelation, so Nathan said to David.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:18 Heb “house.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:19 Heb “and this [is] the law of man”; KJV “is this the manner of man, O Lord God?”; NAB “this too you have shown to man...

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:20 Heb “and you know your servant.” The verb here refers to recognizing another in a special way and giving them special treatment (see 1 Chr...

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:21 Heb “to make known, your servant.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:22 Heb “in all which we heard with our ears.” The phrase translated “in all” בְּכֹל (bÿk...

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:23 Heb “from Egypt, nations and their gods.” The LXX has “nations and tents,” which reflects a mistaken metathesis of letters in ...

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:24 Heb “and you established for yourself your people Israel for yourself for a people permanently.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:25 Heb “as you have spoken.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:26 Heb “the house.” See the note on “dynastic house” in the following verse.

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:27 Heb “has found his heart.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:28 Heb “and you have spoken to your servant this good thing.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 7:29 Or “permanently”; cf. NLT “it is an eternal blessing.”

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