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2 Samuel 7:25 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 7 · verse 25
And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.2 Samuel 7:25 · King James Version
2 Samuel 7:25 in context
23And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
24For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
25And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
26And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
27For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- establishqûwmto riseH6965 →
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- spokendâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
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We have here the solemn address David made to God, in answer to the gracious message God had sent him. We are not told what he said to Nathan; no doubt he received him very kindly and respectfully as God's messenger. But his answer to God he took himself, and did not send by Nathan.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-29