2 Samuel 7

2 within curtains. That is, in a movable tent, as if it were not settled. 6 Whereas. Rather, “For” (R.V.). 7 the tribes. The change of a single letter in the Hebrew gives the word “judges”; which agrees with ver. 11, and with 1 Chron. xvii. 6. 11 will make thee a house. Thou shalt not build a house for Me, but I will build a house for thee. Thus God prepares David to regard the establishment of his family and kingdom as a token of gracious acceptance of the purpose which he was not permitted to carry out. 13 I will stablish, etc. See xxiii. 3-5; Isa. lv. 3; Jer. xxxiii. 15, 26; Acts ii. 30; xiii. 34; Heb. i. 5. 18 sat. Sitting (on the heels) is still a posture of reverence in the East. 19 [is] this the manner of man? The text here is obscure. According to 1 Chron. xvii. 17, the words of David were, “Thou hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree”: see that verse. 23 for you. Read, “for them.”