2 Samuel 7:15

Contextual Overview

⁴That night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying: ⁴ But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying: ⁴Now it happened in the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying, ⁴ But in the same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, ⁴ And the same night the worde of the Lorde came vnto Nathan, saying: ⁴ But that night, the Lord 's word came to Nathan: ⁴ And it happened in that night, the Word of Jehovah was to Nathan, saying, ⁴ But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, ⁴ It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying, ⁴ And it came to passe that night, that the word of the Lord came vnto Nathan, saying;

Bible Verse Review
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But my: 2 Samuel 7:14, 2 Samuel 7:16, 1 Samuel 19:24, Psalms 89:28, Psalms 89:34, Isaiah 55:3, Acts 13:34-37

as I took: 1 Samuel 15:23, 1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Samuel 16:14, 1 Kings 11:13, 1 Kings 11:34-36, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 37:35

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 13:14 - the Lord 1 Samuel 20:13 - he hath been with my father 1 Kings 12:16 - now see 2 Kings 8:19 - for David 1 Chronicles 17:13 - I will not 2 Chronicles 6:5 - neither chose 2 Chronicles 10:16 - David Psalms 51:11 - take Psalms 66:20 - General Psalms 89:33 - Nevertheless Psalms 89:49 - thou Proverbs 11:31 - General Luke 19:26 - and from Acts 13:22 - when

Cross-References

Genesis 7:19
They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.

Genesis 7:19
They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.

Genesis 7:19
And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

Genesis 7:19
The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.

Genesis 7:19
And the waters preuayled exceedingly vpon the earth, and al the high hilles that are vnder the whole heauen, were couered.

Genesis 7:19
The water rose so much that even the highest mountains were covered by the water.

Genesis 7:19
And the waters prevailed so mightily upon the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered;

Genesis 7:19
And the watris hadden maistrie greetli on erthe, and alle hiye hillis vndur alle heuene weren hilid;

Genesis 7:19
And the waters preuailed exceedingly vpon the earth, and all the high hils, that were vnder the whole heauen, were couered.

Genesis 7:19
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But my mercy shall not depart away from him,.... Which is not to be understood of special mercy and grace, though it is true of these with respect to Solomon, and so to all the adopted children of God, see

Psalms 89:32; but then this here designs such mercy as may be taken away from another, and as it was from Saul, as it follows:

as I took [it] from Saul, whom I put away before thee; and therefore must be understood of his mercy and kindness, in giving him a kingdom, and setting him on the throne; this should not be taken away from him, as it was from Saul, whom God rejected from being king; not him personally, but his posterity; but so the Lord would not do, nor did he, to Solomon, in whose posterity the kingdom of Judah continued to the Babylonish captivity.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My mercy shall not depart ... - Hence, Isaiah’s saying, the sure mercies of David Isaiah 55:3, i. e. unfailing, lasting mercies: mercies which are like streams of water that never dry up Isaiah 33:16; Jeremiah 15:18. This is explained in 2 Samuel 7:16, where the word established is the same word as is rendered sure in Isaiah.

Before thee - Before Me is probably the true reading in 2 Samuel 7:15-16 (if the rest of the text be sound), according to the analogy of Jeremiah 35:19; 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Samuel 2:35; and many other places; whereas the idea contained in the reading, before thee, is unparalleled. But the reading in 1 Chronicles 17:13 is quite different: “As I took it from him that was before thee,” meaning Saul, which gives a very good sense, and suggests that the text here may have been corrupted.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 7:15. But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul — His house shall be a lasting house, and he shall die in the throne of Israel, his children succeeding him; and the spiritual seed, Christ, possessing and ruling in that throne to the end of time.

The family of Saul became totally extinct; the family of David remained till the incarnation. Joseph and Mary were both of that family; Jesus was the only heir to the kingdom of Israel; he did not choose to sit on the secular throne, he ascended the spiritual throne, and now he is exalted to the right hand of God, a PRINCE and a Saviour, to give repentance and remission of sins. See the observations at the end of the chapter. 2 Samuel 7:25.

Many have applied these verses and their parallels to support the doctrine of unconditional final perseverance; but with it the text has nothing to do; and were we to press it, because of the antitype, Solomon, the doctrine would most evidently be ruined, for there is neither proof nor evidence of Solomon's salvation.