2 Samuel 7:8 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 7:8

Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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;

KJV

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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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He had raised him from a very mean and low condition: He took him from the sheep-cote. It is good for those who have come to great preferment to be often reminded of their small beginnings, that they may always be humble and thankful.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְ֠עַתָּה	Ve.'a.tah	and therefore	H6258 →
כֹּֽה־	koh-	thus	H3541 →
תֹאמַ֞ר	to.Mar	you will say	H559 →
לְעַבְדִּ֣י	le.'av.Di	to servant my	H5650 →
לְדָוִ֗ד	le.da.Vid	to David	H1732 →
כֹּ֤ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַר֙	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹת	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
אֲנִ֤י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
לְקַחְתִּ֙יךָ֙	le.kach.Ti.kha	I took you	H3947 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַנָּוֶ֔ה	ha.na.Veh	the pasture	H5116 →
מֵאַחַ֖ר	me.'a.Char	from after	H310 →
הַצֹּ֑אן	ha.Tzon	the flock	H6629 →
לִֽהְי֣וֹת	lih.Yot	to be	H1961 →
נָגִ֔יד	na.Gid	ruler	H5057 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
עַמִּ֖י	'a.Mi	people my	H5971 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 6:21
But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate…
leads to
- Acts 13:22
  After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in…
- 2 Samuel 6:16
  As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him…
- Psalms 89:19–20
  You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
- 1 Samuel 13:14
  But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
- 1 Samuel 15:28
  So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
Through
1 Chronicles 17:7
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:21
  But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate…
Through
2 Samuel 12:7
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:13
  So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and…
- Matthew 14:14
  When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.

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