2 Samuel 7:26
in 2 Samuel 7so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
And 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.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 7
Commentary
6 notes on this verse"Whether I be magnified or no, let thy name be magnified. " And he reckons that nothing magnifies God's name more than this, to say, with suitable affections, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel. This bespeaks the God of Israel gloriously great, that he is the Lord of hosts; and this bespeaks the Lord of hosts gloriously good, that he is God over Israel.
This site's exposition
do as thou hast said
on 2 Samuel 7:25-27
David asks God to do exactly what he has just promised, and no more, turning the oracle back into a plea rather than treating it as already settled business. He asks it so that the Lord of hosts, the title David gave its battle sense at Goliath's death in 1 Samuel 17:45, may be magnified as God over Israel by the house's own establishing. The prayer for Israel's public honor stands beside the prayer for David's house, binding the king's ambition to God's name rather than his own.
This site's exposition
Your name will be magnified forever
Matthew Henry hears David asking that the name of God be magnified, whether or no his own is. Henry reads the two titles as a pair: the LORD of Hosts shows the greatness of God, and God over Israel shows His goodness. David's own house comes second in the verse.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
David, understanding this, says in the second book of Kings [Samuel] … "You did also speak of the house of your servant for a long time to come." And, further on, "And now begin and bless the house of your servant that it may endure forever," etc. At that time, David was about to beget his son through whom his lineage would be carried down to Christ; through whom, in turn, his house was to be everlasting—indeed, identified with the house of God. It was to be called the "house of David" because [it was] of David's stock and, simultaneously, the "house of God" because it was a temple to God made not of stones but of people. In this house God's people shall everlastingly dwell with their God and in their God, and God with his people and in his people, God filling his people, his people filled with their God, so that "God may be all in all"—the very same God being their prize in peace who was their strength in battle.It was with this in view that, when Nathan had said, "And the Lord said to you, that you shall build him a house," David said further on, "Because you, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to the ear of your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' " This is a house which we build by living virtuously and which God builds by helping us to live virtuously, for "unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain." Only, however, when this house receives its final consecration will the words God spoke by Nathan's lips come true: "And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they shall dwell therein, and shall be disturbed no more: neither shall the children of iniquity afflict them any more as they did before, from the day that I appointed judges over my people Israel."
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And let thy name be magnified for ever,....
And, in both these, there is an eye to the Messiah and his kingdom. 1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the L ORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיִגְדַּ֨ל | veyigdal | and it may be great | H1431 → | 117 times |
| שִׁמְךָ֤ | shimkha | name your | H8034 → | 864 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עוֹלָם֙ | olam | perpetuity | H5769 → | 438 times |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֔וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ʾelohim | [is] God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וּבֵית֙ | uveit | and [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| עַבְדְּךָ֣ | ʾavdekha | servant your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| דָוִ֔ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| נָכ֖וֹן | nakhon | established | H3559 → | 217 times |
| לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ | lefaneikha | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
וְיִגְדַּ֨לand it may be great
veyigdalH1431 →117 times
שִׁמְךָ֤name your
shimkhaH8034 →864 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
עוֹלָם֙perpetuity
olamH5769 →438 times
לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָא֔וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
אֱלֹהִ֖ים[is] God
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וּבֵית֙and [the] house of
uveitH1004 →2046 times
עַבְדְּךָ֣servant your
ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times
דָוִ֔דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
יִהְיֶ֥הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
נָכ֖וֹןestablished
nakhonH3559 →217 times
לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃<to> before you
lefaneikhaH6440 →2123 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
Matthew 6:9So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
it leads to
- Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- Luke 11:1–4
One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
- Romans 8:15
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- Psalms 111:9
He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
- Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
- Revelation 4:11
Through
Psalms 115:1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
it leads to
- Psalms 79:9–10
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
- Isaiah 48:11
For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
- Psalms 96:8
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts.
- Psalms 79:9–10
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Augustine of Hippo, City of God 17.12; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.