2 Samuel 7:17
in 2 Samuel 7So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
KJV
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAccording to all these words, and according to all this vision,.... All the words of this prophecy, just as they were delivered to Nathan, were exactly expressed by him; he did not vary from them in the least, but with the greatest faithfulness related them: so did Nathan speak unto David; though in the part which related to the history of the house of God, it was contrary to the advice which he had given; but he was not ashamed to retract his sense, when he was made acquainted with the mind of God.
This site's exposition
thy kingdom shall be established for ever
on 2 Samuel 7:16-17
The formula repeats itself three times across two verses, house, kingdom, throne, each closing on for ever, and Nathan carries every word of it back to David exactly as he received it. The vision corrects the prophet's own same-day answer at verse 3, a rare moment where Scripture shows a true prophet revising himself under a fresh word. What David hears is not adjusted encouragement but a covenant sealed in the Lord's own repetition.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
(2.) These promises God faithfully performed to David and his seed in due time. Though David came short of making good his purpose to build God a house, yet God did not come short of making good his promise to build him a house. Such is the tenour of the covenant we are under; though there are many failures in our performances, there are none in God's.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כְּכֹל֙ | kekhol | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַדְּבָרִ֣ים | hadevarim | the words | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הָאֵ֔לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| וּכְכֹ֖ל | ukhekhol | and according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַחִזָּי֣וֹן | hachizayon | the vision | H2384 → | |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| כֵּ֛ן | ken | so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| דִּבֶּ֥ר | diber | he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| נָתָ֖ן | natan | Nathan | H5416 → | 41 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| דָּוִֽד׃ ס | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
כְּכֹל֙according to all
kekholH3605 →5413 times
הַדְּבָרִ֣יםthe words
hadevarimH1697 →1440 times
הָאֵ֔לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
וּכְכֹ֖לand according to all
ukhekholH3605 →5413 times
הַחִזָּי֣וֹןthe vision
hachizayonH2384 →
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
כֵּ֛ןso
kenH3651 →771 times
דִּבֶּ֥רhe spoke
diberH1696 →1141 times
נָתָ֖ןNathan
natanH5416 →41 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
דָּוִֽד׃ סDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 15:3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
it leads to
- 1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Galatians 1:4
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
- Isaiah 53:1–12
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
- 1 John 2:2
He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
- Daniel 9:24–26
Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up…
- 1 Peter 2:24
Through
Acts 20:20I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
it leads to
- Acts 20:27
For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 5:42
Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
- Acts 20:27
Through
Acts 20:27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
it leads to
- Acts 20:20
I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
- Acts 20:20
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.
- PersonUnited monarchyNathanThe prophet at David's court who carried the covenant promise of 2 Samuel 7 and later the parable of the ewe lamb — "thou art the…
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. G. Blaikie, The Second Book of Samuel (Expositor's Bible).