2 Samuel 7:13-16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever— We have often had occasion to remark, in the course of these notes, that the phrase for ever and those similar to it, frequently signify in the Old Testament only a considerable length of time. There can be no doubt that these words, in their primary sense, refer to Solomon and his kingdom. But as David was heir of that two-fold government, concerning which we have spoken at large on the book of Genesis; (see particularly chap. 9 and ch. 12) there can be no doubt that, in their secondary and complete sense, they refer to that Son of David, of whom Solomon the Jedidiah, or, beloved of the Lord, was a type. See John 12:34 and Hebrews 1:5. In these double prophesies, we are carefully to distinguish what concerns the type, and what the anti-type.