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2 Samuel 7 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Spurgeon 5 Matthew Henry 4 Alexander MacLaren 3 John Wesley 1

“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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