2 Samuel 7:11

Translations

Modern

…and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.

Traditional

And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

Literal

And since the time that I commanded judges over My people Israel, and have brought rest for you from all your enemies. And YHWH declares to you that YHWH will make for you a house.

Latin

…ex die qua constitui judices super populum meum Israël: et requiem dabo tibi ab omnibus inimicis tuis: prædicitque tibi Dominus quod domum faciat tibi Dominus.

Original

Hebrew

English

…and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.

Notes

2 Samuel 7:11

He Himself will establish a house for you: God planned to do far more for David than David imagined doing for God. David focused on visible projects, such as building a temple. God focused instead on blessing his people through a lasting and righteous family line of kings.

2 Samuel 7:10–11

be disturbed no more: Through David and his descendants, God promised lasting peace in the land. This promise contrasted with the time of the judges, when peace came only for short periods and was often broken by attacks from other nations. God first promised “rest from all your enemies” through Joshua (Joshua 1:13, 15; 22:4). This promise was later fulfilled for limited times during the leadership of some of the judges (Judges 3:11, 30; 5:31; 8:28).

2 Samuel 7:8–17

Instead of David building a house for God, God promised to build a house for David, meaning a lasting line of kings from David’s family.

2 Samuel 7:1–29

David was not happy just making a tent for the ark (2 Samuel 6:17). He wanted to build a house for God.

Theme notes and profiles

David God’s Covenant with David God’s Covenant with Israel’s Kings God’s Covenants God’s Name on His Temple God’s New Covenant Hope for the Messiah Kingship Security and Obedience The Promise of Dynasty

Events

Reign of David

Related verses

2 Samuel 7:27
For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
1 Samuel 12:9–11
But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.
Judges 2:14–16
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
2 Samuel 7:1
After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
1 Chronicles 17:10
…and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.
Psalm 89:3–4
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
Exodus 1:21
And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
1 Kings 11:38
If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
Psalm 127:1
A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
1 Kings 2:24
And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
Job 5:18–19
For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
1 Samuel 25:28
Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.

Parallels

1 Chronicles 17:1–15

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Ark of the Covenant Book of Amos Covenant David Haggai, Book of History of Israel Jerusalem Promise Prophecy Samuel, Books of First and Second Tabernacle Temple

Topics

David: King of Israel: Prophecies Concerning Him and his Kingdom Nathan: A Prophet in the Time of David: His Message to David Concerning the Building of a Temple Tabernacle: A Permanent House Substituted For, when the Kingdom Was Temple: Solomon's: Forbidden by God Because David Was a Man of War

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