2 Samuel 7:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things - i:e., it was of thine own gratuitous liberality, not from personal merits of mine, that thou hast entertained these marvelous purposes of favour toward me; and still more, that thou hast disclosed them for my individual gratification, as well as my family aggrandizement (cf. 1 Chronicles 17:19).

2 Samuel 7:21

21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.