II Samuel

Chapter 7

God's Covenent with David - A New Dynasty

David Proposes to Build God a Permanent House

• 1. AND it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
  
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    • וַיְהִי כִּי־יָשַׁב הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּבֵיתוֹ וַיהוָה הֵנִֽיחַ־לוֹ מִסָּבִיב מִכָּל־אֹיְבָֽיו׃
• 2. That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
  
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    • וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־נָתָן הַנָּבִיא רְאֵה נָא אָנֹכִי יוֹשֵׁב בְּבֵית אֲרָזִים וַֽאֲרוֹן הָֽאֱלֹהִים יֹשֵׁב בְּתוֹךְ הַיְרִיעָֽה׃
• 3. And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.
  
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    • וַיֹּאמֶר נָתָן אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר בִּֽלְבָבְךָ לֵךְ עֲשֵׂה כִּי יְהוָה עִמָּֽךְ׃ ס

God's Refusal

• 4. And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
  
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    • וַיְהִי בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַֽיְהִי דְּבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־נָתָן לֵאמֹֽר׃
• 5. Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
  
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    • לֵךְ וְאָֽמַרְתָּ אֶל־עַבְדִּי אֶל־דָּוִד כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הַאַתָּה תִּבְנֶה־לִּי בַיִת לְשִׁבְתִּֽי׃
• 6. Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time 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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    • כִּי לֹא יָשַׁבְתִּי בְּבַיִת לְמִיּוֹם הַעֲלֹתִי אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרַיִם וְעַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וָאֶֽהְיֶה מִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּאֹהֶל וּבְמִשְׁכָּֽן׃
• 7. In all the 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 feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
  
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    • בְּכֹל אֲשֶֽׁר־הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי בְּכָל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲדָבָר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֶת־אַחַד שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי לִרְעוֹת אֶת־עַמִּי אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר לָמָּה לֹֽא־בְנִיתֶם לִי בֵּית אֲרָזִֽים׃

God's Covenant with David

• 8. Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
  
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    • וְעַתָּה כֹּֽה־תֹאמַר לְעַבְדִּי לְדָוִד כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֲנִי לְקַחְתִּיךָ מִן־הַנָּוֶה מֵאַחַר הַצֹּאן לִֽהְיוֹת נָגִיד עַל־עַמִּי עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
• 9. And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
  
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    • וָאֶהְיֶה עִמְּךָ בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר הָלַכְתָּ וָאַכְרִתָה אֶת־כָּל־אֹיְבֶיךָ מִפָּנֶיךָ וְעָשִׂתִֽי לְךָ שֵׁם גָּדוֹל כְּשֵׁם הַגְּדֹלִים אֲשֶׁר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
• 10. Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflicts them any more, as beforetime,
  
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    • וְשַׂמְתִּי מָקוֹם לְעַמִּי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל וּנְטַעְתִּיו וְשָׁכַן תַּחְתָּיו וְלֹא יִרְגַּז עוֹד וְלֹֽא־יֹסִיפוּ בְנֵֽי־עַוְלָה לְעַנּוֹתוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר בָּרִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃
• 11. And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
  
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    • וּלְמִן־הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי שֹֽׁפְטִים עַל־עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַהֲנִיחֹתִי לְךָ מִכָּל־אֹיְבֶיךָ וְהִגִּיד לְךָ יְהוָה כִּי־בַיִת יַעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ יְהוָֽה׃
• 12. And when they days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
  
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    • כִּי יִמְלְאוּ יָמֶיךָ וְשָֽׁכַבְתָּ אֶת־אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַהֲקִימֹתִי אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר יֵצֵא מִמֵּעֶיךָ וַהֲכִינֹתִי אֶת־מַמְלַכְתּֽוֹ׃
• 13.↓ He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
  
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    • הוּא יִבְנֶה־בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי וְכֹנַנְתִּי אֶת־כִּסֵּא מַמְלַכְתּוֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
  • Notes:
    • ° God is going to establish a KINGDOM...forever. Let's look at Daniel, when he is taken in the Babylonina captivity along with Israel. While in Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar has a dream that is very troubling. Daniel is the only on that can tell the dream and the interpretation. _MF-NCC
      
      ° See →Daniel 2:31-45
• 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:
  
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    • אֲנִי אֶהְיֶה־לּוֹ לְאָב וְהוּא יִהְיֶה־לִּי לְבֵן אֲשֶׁר בְּהַעֲוֺתוֹ וְהֹכַחְתִּיו בְּשֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים וּבְנִגְעֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם׃
• 15. But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
  
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    • וְחַסְדִּי לֹא־יָסוּר מִמֶּנּוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר הֲסִרֹתִי מֵעִם שָׁאוּל אֲשֶׁר הֲסִרֹתִי מִלְּפָנֶיךָ׃
• 16.↓ And tine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
  
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    • וְנֶאְמַן בֵּיתְךָ וּמַמְלַכְתְּךָ עַד־עוֹלָם לְפָנֶיךָ כִּסְאֲךָ יִהְיֶה נָכוֹן עַד־עוֹלָם׃
  • Notes
    • Return to The Promised Millennium
• 17. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
  
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    • כְּכֹל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וּכְכֹל הַחִזָּיוֹן הַזֶּה כֵּן דִּבֶּר נָתָן אֶל־דָּוִד׃ ס

David's Prayer of Thanksgiving

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