2 Samuel 7:29
in 2 Samuel 7Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
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ASV
now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
KJV
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 7
Commentary
7 notes on this verseWhen Christ for ever sat down on the right hand of God ( Heb. x. 12 ), and received all possible assurance that his seed and throne shall be as the days of heaven, this prayer of David the son of Jesse for his seed was abundantly answered, that it might continue before God for ever. The perpetuity of the Messiah's kingdom is the desire and faith of all good people.
This site's exposition
thou art that God
on 2 Samuel 7:28-29
The prayer closes where it began, on who God is rather than what David wants, thou art that God and thy words be true, before the last request is even spoken. The blessing he asks for the house of thy servant answers Nathan's word about a house for David and repeats it back, continue for ever, blessed for ever, twice over in one closing verse. David's whole prayer stands as the shape faith takes when a promise this large is finally spoken: not calculation but repeated, believing request.
This site's exposition
may it please You to bless the house of Your servant
Matthew Henry reads the prayer as fully answered in Christ, who sat down at the right hand of God, citing Hebrews 10:12. He adds that the best inheritance a man leaves his family is the blessing of God. Augustine read the lasting house as a temple made of people.
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 Awakening3 voices
): Let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant; and again, with thy blessing. "Let the house of thy servant be truly and eternally blessed. Those whom thou blessest are blessed indeed. " The care of good men is very much concerning their families; and the best entail on their families is that of the blessing of God.
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Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,....
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
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֗ה | veatah | and now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| הוֹאֵל֙ | hoel | be willing | H2974 → | |
| וּבָרֵךְ֙ | uvarekh | and bless | H1288 → | 330 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| עַבְדְּךָ֔ | ʾavdekha | servant your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| לִהְי֥וֹת | lihyot | to be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְעוֹלָ֖ם | leolam | for ever | H5769 → | 438 times |
| לְפָנֶ֑יךָ | lefaneikha | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אַתָּ֞ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֤י | ʾadonai | O Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| דִּבַּ֔רְתָּ | dibarta | you have spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| וּמִבִּרְכָ֣תְךָ֔ | umibirkhatekha | and from blessing your | H1293 → | |
| יְבֹרַ֥ךְ | yevorakh | it will be blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| עַבְדְּךָ֖ | ʾavdekha | servant your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| לְעוֹלָֽם׃ פ | leolam | for ever | H5769 → | 438 times |
וְעַתָּ֗הand now
veatahH6258 →433 times
הוֹאֵל֙be willing
hoelH2974 →
וּבָרֵךְ֙and bless
uvarekhH1288 →330 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
עַבְדְּךָ֔servant your
ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times
לִהְי֥וֹתto be
lihyotH1961 →3559 times
לְעוֹלָ֖םfor ever
leolamH5769 →438 times
לְפָנֶ֑יךָ<to> before you
lefaneikhaH6440 →2123 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אַתָּ֞הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
אֲדֹנָ֤יO Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
דִּבַּ֔רְתָּyou have spoken
dibartaH1696 →1141 times
וּמִבִּרְכָ֣תְךָ֔and from blessing your
umibirkhatekhaH1293 →
יְבֹרַ֥ךְit will be blessed
yevorakhH1288 →330 times
בֵּֽית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
עַבְדְּךָ֖servant your
ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times
לְעוֹלָֽם׃ פfor ever
leolamH5769 →438 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
2 Samuel 22:51Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
it leads to
- Psalms 89:20
I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
- 2 Samuel 7:12–13
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Psalms 144:10
to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
- Psalms 89:29
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
- Psalms 18:50
Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
- Psalms 89:20
Through
1 Chronicles 17:27So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
it leads to
- Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
- Romans 11:29
For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
- Psalms 72:17
May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
- Ephesians 1:3
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About 2 Samuel
This page draws on Augustine of Hippo, City of God 17.12; Calvin, Sermons on 2 Samuel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.