28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. 2 I have made the preparations for building it.
7:12 The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir; the Hushites were descendants of Aher. 3
7:13 The sons of Naphtali:
Jahziel, 4 Guni, Jezer, and Shallum 5 – sons of Bilhah.
12:24 From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears. 6
12:25 From Simeon there were 7,100 warriors.
12:1 These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished 7 from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle.
132:11 The Lord made a reliable promise to David; 8
he will not go back on his word. 9
He said, 10 “I will place one of your descendants 11 on your throne.
23:5 “I, the Lord, promise 12 that a new time will certainly come 13
when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, 14 a descendant of David.
He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding 15
and will do what is just and right in the land. 16
23:6 Under his rule 17 Judah will enjoy safety 18
and Israel will live in security. 19
This is the name he will go by:
‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’ 20
1 tn Heb “from all my sons, for many sons the
2 tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the
3 tn The name “Aher” appears as “Ahiram” in Num 26:38.
4 tn The name “Jahziel” appears as “Jahzeel” in Gen 46:24.
5 tc Most Hebrew
6 tn Heb “the sons of Judah, carrying shield and spear, [were] 6,800 armed for battle.”
7 tn Heb “kept from.”
8 tn Heb “the
9 tn Heb “he will not turn back from it.”
10 tn The words “he said” are supplied in the translation to clarify that what follows are the
11 tn Heb “the fruit of your body.”
12 tn Heb “Oracle of the
13 tn Heb “Behold the days are coming.”
14 tn Heb “a righteous sprig to David” or “a righteous shoot” (NAB).
15 tn Heb “he will reign as king and act wisely.” This is another example of the use of two verbs joined by “and” where one becomes the adverbial modifier of the other (hendiadys). For the nuance of the verb “act wisely” rather than “prosper” see Amos 5:13; Ps 2:10 (cf. BDB 968 s.v. שָׂכַל Hiph.5).
16 sn This has been the constant emphasis in this section. See 22:3 for the demand, 22:15 for its fulfillment, and 22:13 for its abuse. The ideal king would follow in the footsteps of his illustrious ancestor David (2 Sam 8:15) who set this forth as an ideal for his dynasty (2 Sam 23:3) and prayed for it to be true of his son Solomon (Ps 72:1-2).
17 tn Heb “In his days [= during the time he rules].”
18 tn Parallelism and context (cf. v. 4) suggest this nuance for the word often translated “be saved.” For this nuance elsewhere see Ps 119:117; Prov 28:18 for the verb (יָשַׁע [yasha’] in the Niphal); and Ps 12:6; Job 5:4, 11 for the related noun (יֶשַׁע, yesha’).
19 sn It should be noted that this brief oracle of deliverance implies the reunification of Israel and Judah under the future Davidic ruler. Jeremiah has already spoken about this reunification earlier in 3:18 and will have more to say about it in 30:3; 31:27, 31. This same ideal was espoused in the prophecies of Hosea (1:10-11 [2:1-2 HT]), Isaiah (11:1-4, 10-12), and Ezekiel (37:15-28) all of which have messianic and eschatological significance.
20 tn Heb “his name will be called ‘The
21 tn Grk “born of the seed” (an idiom).
22 tn Grk “according to the flesh,” indicating Jesus’ earthly life, a reference to its weakness. This phrase implies that Jesus was more than human; otherwise it would have been sufficient to say that he was a descendant of David, cf. L. Morris, Romans, 44.
23 sn Appointed the Son-of-God-in-power. Most translations render the Greek participle ὁρισθέντος (Jorisqentos, from ὁρίζω, Jorizw) “declared” or “designated” in order to avoid the possible interpretation that Jesus was appointed the Son of God by the resurrection. However, the Greek term ὁρίζω is used eight times in the NT, and it always has the meaning “to determine, appoint.” Paul is not saying that Jesus was appointed the “Son of God by the resurrection” but “Son-of-God-in-power by the resurrection,” as indicated by the hyphenation. He was born in weakness in human flesh (with respect to the flesh, v. 3) and he was raised with power. This is similar to Matt 28:18 where Jesus told his disciples after the resurrection, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”
24 tn Grk “spirit of holiness.” Some interpreters take the phrase to refer to Christ’s own inner spirit, which was characterized by holiness.
25 tn Or “by his resurrection.” Most interpreters see this as a reference to Jesus’ own resurrection, although some take it to refer to the general resurrection at the end of the age, of which Jesus’ resurrection is the first installment (cf. 1 Cor 15:23).