2 Samuel 7
TSB2 Samuel 7:1-29
Contents: David’s desire to build the Lord’s house. The Davidic covenant.
Characters: God, David, Nathan.
Conclusion: We need no more to make us happy than to have God for a Father to us. If He is our Father, we must be dutiful children, or expect His chastisements, which are an article of the covenant and which flow from His father-love.
Key Word: Established (kingdom), 2 Samuel 7:16, (confirmed, 2 Samuel 7:24).
Strong Verses: 2 Samuel 7:14; 2 Samuel 7:22; 2 Samuel 7:25.
Striking Facts: The covenant confirmed to David by the oath of Jehovah and renewed to Mary by the angel Gabriel, is immutable, and God will yet give to the thorn-crowned King the throne of His Father David forever. Luke 1:31-33; Acts 2:29-33; Acts 15:1-17.