2 Samuel 7:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. ”

2 Samuel 7:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 7. David Proposes to Build a Temple for the Ark but Yahweh Prefers to Dwell in a Tent, as heretofore. He Promises David that his Dynasty shall always Occupy the Throne (D). An independent...
2 Samuel 7:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

He . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4. house . Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for household or family: i.e.. line of succession.
2 Samuel 7:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. The Lord...
2 Samuel 7:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will appoint—and will plant— I have appointed—and have planted ] Houbigant. And move no more — Neither may the sons of iniquity afflict them any more, as they have done before time; and ev...
2 Samuel 7:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. Also...
2 Samuel 7:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Promise of God to David in Requital of his Desire to Build the Temple This chapter affords an excellent illustration of the way in which prophecy has often two quite distinct applications, one...
2 Samuel 7:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER IX. PROPOSAL TO BUILD A TEMPLE. 2 Samuel 7:1-29 . THE spirit of David was essentially active and fond of work. He was one of those who are ever pressing on, not content to keep things...
2 Samuel 7:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Glorious Future of David's House 2 Samuel 7:1-17 Always do better for the cause of God than for yourself. You have no right to dwell in cedar, while God's Ark is under curtains. Also, bewar...
2 Samuel 7:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The story of David's desire to build the Temple is told here in close connection with that of his bringing the Tabernacle to Jerusalem. It is not necessarily in chronological order, but is fittingly...
2 Samuel 7:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: (9) And I w...
2 Samuel 7:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as since the time that I commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel ,.... Before the time the judges were raised they were greatly afflicted by one nation or another around them, and between...
2 Samuel 7:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And as since the time that I commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. Ver. 11...
2 Samuel 7:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And as since the time that I commanded judges In whose days they were sorely afflicted by the Moabites, Canaanites, Midianites, and others. But all this, as the event showed, was intended to be und...
2 Samuel 7:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Lord having given grace to David to subdue the nations surrounding Israel, it is understandable that David's thoughts turned to a serious consideration of what is due the God of Israel. Why shoul...
2 Samuel 7:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Covenant with David. B. C. 1042. 4 And it came to pass that night, that the word...
2 Samuel 7:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nor as they did under the judges, neither so oft nor so long. But all this is to be understood with a condition, except they should notoriously forsake God, or rebel against him; which being so oft d...
2 Samuel 7:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Rather Than David Building Him A House, YHWH Would Build David A House Of A Very Different Kind ( 2 Samuel 7:8-17 ). YHWH then assured ‘His servant David' that He had greater purposes than the bui...
2 Samuel 7:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 7:1 . When the king sat in his house, and began to feel the approaches of age, he was more concerned for the ark than for himself. All men, but especially the aged, should do their best f...
2 Samuel 7:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. Proposal to build a temple 1. The spirit of David was essentially active and fond of work. Even in Eastern countries,...
2 Samuel 7:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 7:1 When the king sat in his house. The order is not chronological; for the words, Jehovah had given him rest from all his enemies round about (so the Revised Versio...
2 Samuel 7:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The News Announced to David
2 Samuel 7:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 17:10 ; 1 Chronicles 22:10 ; 1 Kings 11:38 ; 1 Kings 2:24 ; 1 Samuel 12:9-11 ; 2 Samuel 7:1 ; 2 Samuel 7:27 ; Exodus 1:21 ; Job 34:29 ; Job 5:18 ; Job 5:19 ; Judges 2:14-16 ;...
2 Samuel 7:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And as since — Nor as they did under the judges. But all this is to be understood with a condition, except they should notoriously forsake God. And have caused thee — That is, and as until this tim...

2 Samuel 7:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 7:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 7:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 7:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 7:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 7:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 7:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 7:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 7:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 7:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 7:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 7:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 7:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 7:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 7:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 7:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 7:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 7:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 7:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 7:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 7:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 7:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 7:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes