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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when thy days be fulfilled,.... The days of his life, which were appointed by the Lord for him to live, and when he had filled up the common term of man's life, as he exactly did; for he lived just seventy years, see 2 Samuel 5:4; and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; die and be buried; for this is a phrase expressive of death, and the grave...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He shall build an house for my name,.... For the honour of it, for the worship and service of God, as it is well known Solomon did; and so his antitype the Messiah, Zechariah 6:12; and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever; that is, for a long time. Solomon's reign was forty years, and the kingdom of Judah continued in his posterity...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I will be his father, and he shall be my son,.... That is, I will be as kind unto him, and careful of him, as a father of a son; or he shall be, and appear to be my son, by adopting grace, as no doubt Solomon was, notwithstanding all his failings. This is applied to Christ, the antitypical Solomon, who was, in an higher sense, the Son of God, even...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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]...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee,.... That is, both his family and his government should be perpetuated, or he should always have one of his family to sit upon his throne; the accomplishment of which, in the beginning of it, he saw with his eyes in his son Solomon, and with an eye of faith in his greater...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. Than went king David in, and sat before the LORD,— Like one weighted down with a great load of mercy, too heavy for him to stand up...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
According to all these words, and according to all this vision,.... All the words of this prophecy, just as they were delivered to Nathan, were exactly expressed by him; he did not vary from them in the least, but with the greatest faithfulness related them: so did Nathan speak unto David; though in the part which related to the history of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then went King David in,.... Into the tabernacle where the ark was, which he had prepared for it, 2 Samuel 6:17; and sat before the Lord; before the ark, the symbol of his presence, and prayed, and gave thanks, as follows: from whence it appears that a sitting posture was sometimes used in prayer, of which we have other instances, Exodus 17:11. It...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O LORD GOD? “All that thou hast done for me, therefore, in overcoming my enemies, and making...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, — David desired to build a temple for God, and the prophet Nathan conceiving that such a design must be acceptable to the Most High, told the king to proceed with it, but God’s mind was otherwise, and Nathan had to tell David that it was well that it was in his heart, but that God intended the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, This was not the usual Oriental posture of prayer, but David was mingling meditation with his supplication, so that his attitude was not according to ordinary rules. 2Sa_7:18. And he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? Why, you are David, the valiant man who slew Goliath! No, no, no; the man of God is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And what is my house that thou hast brought me hitherto? And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? No, it is not the manner of man in general, but it is the manner of the Man Christ Jesus.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God,.... This of raising him to the throne, and settling him on it, was but a small thing in comparison of what he promised to do for him and his: but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come; since he had not only spoken of a son that should succeed him in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? No man could not have been so kind as that. The love of Jesus surpasses the love of women, and the love of God surpasses all the kindness of men.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And what can David say more unto thee,.... In a way of self-abasement, or in thankfulness for such wonderful favours, or in prayer for more and other mercies; he wants words, as if he should say, to express his sense of his own nothingness and unworthiness, and to praise the Lord for all his benefits; and so large are the grants and promises made,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And what can David say more unto thee? He had not said much, but he could not say much under such circumstances. He was utterly overwhelmed, just as, when some wondrous kindness has been shown to us, we wish rather to sit still, in grateful silence, than to stand up, and speak acknowledgments, for our heart is too full for utterance.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou, LORD GOD, knowest thy servant. For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. Wherefore thou art great, O LORD GOD: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. God had said to David, in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. “What I cannot utter, thou canst perceive in my heart, though I cannot express it.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard...