2 Samuel 7:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will carry myself towards him as becomes a father, with all affection and tenderness, and I will own him its my son. This is intended both of Solomon, as a type of Christ; and of Christ himself, as is evident from Hebrews 1:5. If he commit iniquity: this agrees only to Solomon and some others of David's posterity; but not to Christ, who never committed iniquity, as Solomon did, who therein was no type of Christ and therefore this branch is terminated in Solomon; whereas in those things wherein Solomon was a type of Christ, the sense passeth through Solomon unto Christ. With the rod of men; either, first. With such rods as men use to correct their sons, or to beat other men; which are here opposed to the rods or strokes which an angry God inflicts. See, Job 23:6 Psalms 39:11 Isaiah 47:3 Romans 9:22 Hebrews 10:31, Hebrews 12:29. Or, secondly, With such rods as are gentle and moderate, and suited to man's weakness; as a tolerable and resistible temptation is called human, or common to men, 1 Corinthians 10:13.