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| 1 And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest from all his enemies round about, |
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| 2 that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. |
The ark of God – A symbol of the divine presence. R2010:5
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| 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart; for Jehovah is with thee. |
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| 4 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of Jehovah came unto Nathan, saying, |
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| 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in? |
Shalt thou build – No justification for elegant church buildings and furnishments. R2010:5
For me to dwell in – We are not to conclude that, because our plans are reverential and designed for the glory of God, therefore they must have the divine approval. R3258:6 2 Samuel 7:6
In a tabernacle – The Lord prefers that his representation in the world in the present time shall be extremely simple and unostentatious. R3259:2
2 Samuel 7:8 Unto my servant – To David and will e substance is in Christ. R1364:2
From the sheepcote – The low estate we occupied on the animal plane. R3259:4
Ruler over my people – The Lord has advanced the Church step by step until now we are joint-heirs with Jesus Christ. R3259:4
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| 6 for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. |
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| 7 In all places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar? |
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| 8 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel; |
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| 9 and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth. |
All thine enemies – David, as the man of war, represents the saints of God in their present militant condition, warring with the world, the flesh and the devil. R3259:2
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| 10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first, |
And move no more – A prophecy of the Millennial age. R3259:4
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| 11 and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house. |
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| 12 When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. |
Thy days – The reign of David prefigured the preparatory work of this Gospel age. R2010:4
Thy seed after thee – Partially to Solomon, ultimately to Christ. R2010:4, R2372:6
A prophecy of the Lord's first advent. R1673:6
Establish his kingdom – The reign of Solomon represented the glorious reign of Christ. R3259:3,6, R2010:4
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| 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. |
An house – The construction of Solomon's Temple typified the resurrection of the Church. R3259:3
A symbol of future spiritual Israel. R2010:5
I will stablish – The final confirmation of the Abrahamic covenant. R2372:6, R3114:6
His kingdom for ever – The Period from Zedekiah's reign to that of Christ being merely an interregnum, a suspension of David's kingdom. R3259:5; PD47/59
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| 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men; |
I will chasten him – May be properly applied to the spirit-begotten sons of God. "What son is he whom the father chasteneth not." (Heb. 12:7) R3259:6
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| 15 but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. |
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| 16 And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. |
Established for ever – See comment on 2 Sam. 7:13.
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| 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. |
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| 18 Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah; and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far? |
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| 19 And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come; and this too after the manner of men, O Lord Jehovah! |
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| 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord Jehovah. |
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| 21 For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it. |
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| 22 Wherefore thou art great, O Jehovah God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. |
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| 23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods? |
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| 24 And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God. |
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| 25 And now, O Jehovah God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm thou it for ever, and do as thou hast spoken. |
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| 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee. |
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| 27 For thou, O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. |
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| 28 And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant: |
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| 29 now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. |
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