2 Samuel 7:13

7:13 He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent. ¹ 

2 Samuel 7:16

7:16 Your house and your kingdom will stand before me ²  permanently; your dynasty ³  will be permanent.’”

2 Samuel 5:12

5:12 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

2 Samuel 7:12

7:12 When the time comes for you to die, ⁴  I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, ⁵  and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Samuel 7:24

7:24 You made Israel your very own people for all time. ⁶  You, O Lord, became their God.

2 Samuel 7:26

7:26 so you may gain lasting fame, ⁷  as people say, ⁸  ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel!’ The dynasty ⁹  of your servant David will be established before you,

¹ tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom permanently.”

² tc Heb “before you.” A few medieval Hebrew mss read instead “before me,” which makes better sense contextually. (See also the LXX and the Syriac Peshitta.) The MT reading is probably the result of dittography (note the כ [kaf] at the beginning of the next form), with the extra כ then being interpreted as a pronominal suffix.

³ tn Heb “throne.”

³ tn Heb, “when your days are full and you lie down with your ancestors.”

⁴ tn Heb “your seed after you who comes out from your insides.”

⁴ tn Heb “and you established for yourself your people Israel for yourself for a people permanently.”

⁵ tn Heb “and your name might be great permanently.” Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result.

⁶ tn Heb “saying.” The words “as people” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “the house.” See the note on “dynastic house” in the following verse.