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2 Samuel 7

ARC · Chapter 7/24

1E Succedeu que, estando o rei David em sua casa, e que o Senhor lhe tinha dado descanço de todos os seus inimigos em redor:

2Disse o rei ao propheta Nathan: Ora olha, eu moro em casa de cedros e a arca de Deus mora dentro de cortinas.

3E disse Nathan ao rei: Vae, e faze tudo quanto está no teu coração; porque o Senhor é comtigo.

4Porém succedeu n'aquella mesma noite, que a palavra do Senhor veiu a Nathan, dizendo:

5Vae, e dize a meu servo, a David: Assim diz o Senhor: Edificar-me-hias tu casa para minha habitação?

6Porque em casa nenhuma habitei desde o dia em que fiz subir os filhos de Israel do Egypto até ao dia d'hoje: mas andei em tenda e em tabernaculo.

7E em todo o logar em que andei com todos os filhos d'Israel, fallei porventura alguma palavra com alguma das tribus d'Israel, a quem mandei apascentar o meu povo d'Israel, dizendo: Porque me não edificaes uma casa de cedros?

8Agora, pois, assim dirás ao meu servo, a David: Assim diz o Senhor dos exercitos: Eu te tomei da malhada detraz das ovelhas, para que fosses o chefe sobre o meu povo, sobre Israel.

9E fui comtigo, por onde quer que foste, e destrui a teus inimigos diante de ti: e fiz para ti um grande nome, como o nome dos grandes que ha na terra.

10E prepararei logar para o meu povo, para Israel, e o plantarei, para que habite no seu logar. e não mais seja movido, e nunca mais os filhos de perversidade o afflijam, como d'antes,

11E desde o dia em que mandei, que houvesse juizes sobre o meu povo Israel: a ti porém te dei descanço de todos os teus inimigos: tambem o Senhor te faz saber que o Senhor te fará casa.

12Quando teus dias forem completos, e vieres a dormir com teus paes, então farei levantar depois de ti a tua semente, que sair das tuas entranhas, e estabelecerei o seu reino.

13Este edificará uma casa ao meu nome, e confirmarei o throno do seu reino para sempre.

14Eu lhe serei por pae, e elle me será por filho: e, se vier a transgredir, castigal-o-hei com vara de homens, e com açoites de filhos de homens.

15Mas a minha benignidade se não apartará d'elle; como a tirei de Saul, a quem tirei de diante de ti.

16Porém a tua casa e o teu reino será affirmado para sempre diante de ti: teu throno será firme para sempre.

17Conforme a todas estas palavras, e conforme a toda esta visão, assim fallou Nathan a David.

18Então entrou o rei David, e ficou perante o Senhor, e disse: Quem sou eu, Senhor Jehovah, e qual é a minha casa, que me trouxeste até aqui?

19E ainda foi isto pouco aos teus olhos, Senhor Jehovah, senão que tambem fallaste da casa de teu servo para tempos distantes: é isto o costume dos homens, ó Senhor Jehovah?

20E que mais te fallará ainda David? pois tu conheces bem a teu servo, ó Senhor Jehovah.

21Por causa da tua palavra, e segundo o teu coração, fizeste toda esta grandeza: fazendo-a saber a teu servo.

22Portanto, grandioso és, ó Senhor Jehovah, porque não ha similhante a ti, e não ha outro Deus senão tu só, segundo tudo o que temos ouvido com os nossos ouvidos.

23E quem ha como o teu povo, como Israel, gente unica na terra? a quem Deus foi resgatar para seu povo; e a fazer-se nome, e a fazer-vos estas grandes e terriveis coisas á tua terra, diante do teu povo, que tu resgataste do Egypto, desterrando as nações e a seus deuses.

24E confirmaste a teu povo Israel por teu povo para sempre, e tu, Senhor, te fizeste o seu Deus.

25Agora, pois, ó Senhor Jehovah, esta palavra que fallaste ácerca de teu servo e ácerca da sua casa, confirma-a para sempre, e faze como tens fallado.

26E engrandeça-se o teu nome para sempre, para que se diga: O Senhor dos exercitos é Deus sobre Israel; e a casa de teu servo será confirmada diante de ti

27Pois tu, Senhor dos exercitos, Deus d'Israel, revelaste aos ouvidos de teu servo, dizendo: Edificar-te-hei casa. Portanto o teu servo achou no seu coração o fazer-te esta oração.

28Agora, pois, Senhor Jehovah, tu és o mesmo Deus, e as tuas palavras serão verdade, e tens fallado a teu servo este bem.

29Sejas pois agora servido de abençoar a casa de teu servo, para permanecer para sempre diante de ti, pois tu, ó Senhor Jehovah, disseste; e com a tua benção será para sempre bemdita a casa de teu servo.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

David wishes to build a temple for the Lord, but the prophet Nathan brings word from God that it will not be David, but his son, who will build the house. Instead, God promises David an eternal dynasty. David responds with a prayer of gratitude.

Explanation

This is one of the most important chapters in the entire Bible: the so-called 'Davidic Covenant.' God promises that David's throne would be established forever — a promise the prophets later link to the Messiah, and which the New Testament applies to Jesus as the 'son of David.' It is interesting that God gently declines David's offer (to build a temple) and instead gives him something greater. The practical lesson is that God often has plans different from ours, and even when we do not do exactly what we had planned for Him, He may have something even greater in store.

Fun facts

  • The expression 'I will make you a great name' echoes the promise made to Abraham in Genesis 12:2, linking the covenant with David to the original covenant with the patriarchs.
  • The temple David wanted to build would be raised by his son Solomon decades later, exactly as Nathan had prophesied (see 1 Kings 6-8).

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. 2 Samuel 7:1David is already settled in his palace, and the LORD has given him rest from all his enemies around him—the calm setting in which this chapter’s great promise is born.
  2. 2 Samuel 7:2David tells the prophet Nathan that he lives in a house of cedar while the ark of God still dwells only within curtains.
  3. 2 Samuel 7:3At first, Nathan encourages David to go do all that is in his heart, telling him the LORD is with him.
  4. 2 Samuel 7:4But that very night the word of the LORD comes directly to Nathan, correcting what he had just told David.
  5. 2 Samuel 7:5God asks, through Nathan, whether David is really the one who should build Him a house to dwell in.
  6. 2 Samuel 7:6God recalls that He has never dwelt in a fixed house since He brought Israel out of Egypt—He has always moved about in a tent and a tabernacle, traveling with the people.
  7. 2 Samuel 7:7God says He never asked any of the tribes of Israel to build Him a house of cedar—the initiative had not come from Him.
  8. 2 Samuel 7:8God reminds David where he came from: taken from following the sheep, from the work of a shepherd, to become ruler over all His people Israel.
  9. 2 Samuel 7:9God recalls that He has been with David everywhere he went, has cut off all his enemies, and has made him a great name, like the name of the great men of the earth.
  10. 2 Samuel 7:10God promises a fixed, secure place for Israel, where the people will settle and no longer be oppressed as they were before.
  11. 2 Samuel 7:11God promises rest from all his enemies and, more than that, promises that it is He who will build David a “house”—not a temple, but a dynasty.
  12. 2 Samuel 7:12This is the key promise: when David dies, God will raise up his offspring after him, and will establish that offspring’s kingdom.
  13. 2 Samuel 7:13God promises that it will be David’s son, not David himself, who builds a house “for my name”—the central wordplay of the chapter, since “house” means both the physical temple and David’s lasting dynasty.
  14. 2 Samuel 7:14Being corrected “with the rod of men” describes ordinary discipline from a father to a son, not a break in the covenant—even when David’s descendants fail, the promise of a dynasty still stands, unlike what happened with Saul.
  15. 2 Samuel 7:15God promises that His mercy will never depart from this line as it departed from Saul—the covenant with David’s family is different, more secure.
  16. 2 Samuel 7:16The central point of the chapter: David’s house and kingdom will be made sure forever, a throne established forever—the foundation of the messianic hope running through the whole Bible.
  17. 2 Samuel 7:17Nathan goes back and tells David all these words, exactly as God had revealed them to him in this vision.
  18. 2 Samuel 7:18David goes in and sits before the LORD, asking humbly who he is and what his house is, that He has brought him this far.
  19. 2 Samuel 7:19David marvels that the promise reaches beyond himself, extending to future generations—something he recognizes as no ordinary way of dealing with men.
  20. 2 Samuel 7:20David says he has nothing more to add, for the LORD God already knows His servant well.
  21. 2 Samuel 7:21David acknowledges that all this has come about because of God’s own word and His own heart, and that God Himself has made this greatness known to him.
  22. 2 Samuel 7:22David praises God’s greatness, declaring that there is none like Him, and no God besides Him, according to all they had ever heard.
  23. 2 Samuel 7:23David celebrates that Israel is a people unique on the earth, redeemed by God for Himself, with great and awesome deeds done before the nations He drove out.
  24. 2 Samuel 7:24David acknowledges that God has confirmed Israel as His own people forever, and has become their God in this covenant.
  25. 2 Samuel 7:25David asks God to confirm forever the word He spoke about him and his house, doing as He has promised.
  26. 2 Samuel 7:26David desires that God’s name be magnified forever, acknowledged as God over Israel, with the house of David established before Him.
  27. 2 Samuel 7:27David explains that it was precisely because God had revealed this promise of a dynasty that he found the courage to pray this prayer.
  28. 2 Samuel 7:28David affirms his confidence: God’s words are true, and it is He Himself who has promised this good thing to His servant.
  29. 2 Samuel 7:29David closes by asking God to bless his house forever, trusting that the divine blessing will last for generations.

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