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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 17
Nathan first approves then restrains David from building a house of the
Lord—David's son shall build the temple—Triumph of Israel
foretold—David thanks the Lord for his goodness to Israel.
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1 NOW it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
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3 ¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
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6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I
a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people,
saying, Why have ye not built me an ahouse of cedars?
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
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9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
10 And since the time that I commanded judges to
be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine
aenemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build
thee an house.
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11 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
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13 I will be his afather, and he
shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took
it from him that was before thee:
14 But I will settle him in mine
ahouse and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be
established for evermore.
15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
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16 ¶ And David the king came and sat before the
LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine
housea, that thou hast brought me
hitherto?
17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
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16a Who am I, O LORD God, and what
is mine house[?] David asked the question as to why the
LORD hath selected David and his house. Whether David understood the workings
as to just who he David was as the heir to the covenant and his house is not
known for sure, but David will answer this question in verse 22 below.
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19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to
thine own heart, hast thou done all this agreatness, in
making known all these great things.
20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
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22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own
people for evera; and thou, LORD,
becamest their God.
23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
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22a For thy people Israel didst thou make
thine own people for ever Now the name and title of 'Israel' WAS
NOT new unto Jacob. Nor did it remain with him only. 'Israel' has ever been
the name/title of those who are the people of the Lord. Significantly Jacob
passed that name and title on to the sons of Joseph, primarily Ephraim. And
thus was the northern kingdom to be known and called the Kingdom of Israel.
From before the foundation of the world did God so qualify those who were the
followers of Jehovah as his peculiar people (see Zechariah 3 of Zechariah's
vision in this commentary). And that right to the covenant did David obtain
from his grandfather Obed, who was the legal and rightful heir of the covenant,
he being by the Law of God raised up as the 'seed of the dead' house of
Elimelech and Mahlon. Boaz being but surrogate performing kinsman (see:
Messiah ben David ~ Messiah ben Joseph).
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25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
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