Passage Research
2 Samuel 7 — Sermon Preparation
David wants to build a house for God, but God responds through Nathan with a covenant promising that David's own dynasty will be established forever. Below is a research summary for 2 Samuel 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 29
- verses
- 461 / 139
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 13
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
2 Samuel 7 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֶבֶד | ʻebed | H5650 | 12 | servant |
| עוֹלָם | ʻôwlâm | H5769 | 8 | concealed, vanishing |
| יְהֹוִה | Yᵉhôvih | H3069 | 7 | |
| אֲדֹנָי | ʼĂdônây | H136 | 7 | Lord |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 9 | people, tribe |
| דָבַר | dâbar | H1696 | 8 | arrange, speak |
| כּוּן | kûwn | H3559 | 5 | be erect, set up |
How preachers through history handled this text
13 public-domain excerpts on 2 Samuel 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Blessings are promised to the family and posterity of David. These promises relate to Solomon, David's immediate successor, and the royal line of Judah. But they also relate to Christ, who is often called David and the Son of David. To him God gave all power in heaven and earth, with authority to execute judgment. He was to build the gospel temple, a house for God's name; the spiritual temple of true believers, to be a habitation of God through the Spirit. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Samuel 7:4–17 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— 2 Sam 7:23
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