2 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 7

MacDonald says "And this is the custom (‘law’ in margin) of man, O Lord GOD” (v. 19b NASB) means that God had treated David with the same love and condescension that He commanded men to show to one another." 2 Samuel 7:20 "Again what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD! BGT 2 Samuel 7:20 καὶ τί προσθήσει Δαυιδ ἔτι τοῦ λαλῆσαι πρὸς σέ καὶ νῦν σὺ οἶδας τὸν δοῦλόν σου κύριέ μου κύριε LXE 2 Samuel 7:20 And what shall David yet say to thee? and now thou knowest thy servant, O Lord, my Lord. KJV 2 Samuel 7:20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. NET 2 Samuel 7:20 What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O LORD God! CSB 2 Samuel 7:20 What more can David say to You? You know Your servant, Lord GOD. ESV 2 Samuel 7:20 And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord GOD! NIV 2 Samuel 7:20 "What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Sovereign LORD. NLT 2 Samuel 7:20 "What more can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign LORD. knowest: Ge 18:19 1Sa 16:7 Ps 139:1 Joh 2:25 21:17 Heb 4:13 Rev 2:23 Related Passage: 1 Chronicles 17:18 "What more can David still say to You concerning the honor bestowed on Your servant? For You know Your servant. WHAT MORE CAN DAVID SAY Again what more can David say to You? - 1Ch 17:18 adds "concerning the honor bestowed on Your servant." In a sense David is speechless! THOUGHT - How long has it been since you sat before the Lord absolutely overwhelmed with God’s goodness, especially when God has just said no to us about something Redpath points out, “As David sat in the presence of the Lord, thinking of God’s goodness in spite of his negative answer, he said, ‘And what can David say more unto thee? For thou, O Lord God, knowest thy servant. When a little child is in real need, she will say, ‘Mommy, Mary Ann has such a bad pain.’ She won’t say I have a pain but will use her own name. Have you noticed how children do that? ‘Daddy, Johnny wants to go for a walk with you.’ Of course, they grow out of it very quickly but that is characteristic of the little child. ‘What can David say more unto thee?’ As this man faced a negative answer, as he sat down before the Lord and worshipped in the recognition of God’s goodness until he was speechless, he became as a little child before the presence of the Lord. I am sure that is one reason why God said no - - just to make him like that. Has he done that for you? And when God has said no to the ambition of your life, to closer to his heart and shows you that every need of your soul is met by his promises. He wants to teach you in the face of his negative answer to learn to make your own every possible promise in the book.” For You know (intimately) Your servant, O Lord GOD - NLT - "You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign LORD." David rightly understands that God sees all. He saw his heart when he was shepherding the sheep, when he was at Nob, when he was at Gath acting crazy, when he almost blew it with Nabal, when he was in the caves, when he inquired of the LORD, etc, etc. God saw the good, the bad and the ugly (the name of an old Clint Eastwood movie), and yet He did not depart from him or toss him aside and start over again! Notice also that David repeatedly refers to himself as Yahweh's servant in this last section (10x in 8v) - 2Sa 7:19 2Sa 7:20 2Sa 7:21 2Sa 7:25 2Sa 7:26 2Sa 7:27 2Sa 7:28 2Sa 7:29. Yes, David is the now the King of Israel, but he sees himself as the servant of the true King, Yahweh. This is just another reason David is called a man after God's own heart! 2 Samuel 7:21 "For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know. word: Nu 23:19 De 9:5 Jos 23:14,15 Ps 115:1 138:2 Mt 24:35 Lu 1:54,55,72 according: Mt 11:26 Lu 10:21 12:32 1Co 1:1 Eph 1:9 3:11 Related Passage: 1 Chronicles 17:19 "O LORD, for Your servant's sake, and according to Your own heart, You have wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things. GOD'S HEART AND WILL REVEALED TO DAVID For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know - David understands that the LORD acts in synch with His prophetic word (cf 2Sa 7:27-28) which can be fully trusted. According to Your own heart speaks of God's love and mercy, which determine His good and acceptable and perfect will. Anderson - Here David puts the focus on the positive rather than the negative. This is what we have to do when we get a no to our plans, that the no means that what he is getting ready to do is for the sake of his word and it is according to his will that he has done the great thing he has done. For David, he recognizes that it is more important for God’s word and God’s will to prevail rather than David’s way. When God says no to some desire in his heart, remember that his plan is much better. Maybe you have dreamed of some life work that you have been unable to accomplish because you have a family of kids to care for. Maybe God’s plan is for you to prepare one of your kids to do the work and do it better than you ever could. That is just one example. I am sure you can relate many more if you really think about it. Just be sure and get God’s mind about everything. 2 Samuel 7:22 "For this reason You are great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. For this reason: De 3:24 1Ch 16:25 2Ch 2:5 Ps 48:1 86:10 96:4 135:5 145:3 Eze 36:22,32 none: Ex 15:11 De 4:35 32:39 1Sa 2:2 Ps 86:8 89:6,8 Isa 40:18,25 Isa 45:5,18,22 Jer 10:6,7 Mic 7:18 Related Passages: 1 Chronicles 17:20 "O LORD, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. NO GOD LIKE THE LORD GOD For this reason - David's conclusion is based on the greatness of God to let him know what was in His heart for His people Israel. You are great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears - Heard with our ears would refer to special which Israel had received. This verse speaks of the uniqueness of Yahweh. David is affirming Israel's belief in MONOTHEISM. Play the beautiful spiritual song There is None Like You. There is none like You, " No one else can touch my heart like You do, I can search for all eternity Lord And find, there is none like You. Your mercy flows like a river wide, And healing comes from Your hand. Suffering children are safe in Your arms, There is none like You. There is none like You, ( There is none like You, Lord) 2 Samuel 7:23 "And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods? BGT 2 Samuel 7:23 καὶ τίς ὡς ὁ λαός σου Ισραηλ ἔθνος ἄλλο ἐν τῇ γῇ ὡς ὡδήγησεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεὸς τοῦ λυτρώσασθαι αὐτῷ λαὸν τοῦ θέσθαι σε ὄνομα τοῦ ποιῆσαι μεγαλωσύνην καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τοῦ ἐκβαλεῖν σε ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ λαοῦ σου οὗ ἐλυτρώσω σεαυτῷ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἔθνη καὶ σκηνώματα LXE 2 Samuel 7:23 And what other nation in the earth is as thy people Israel? whereas God was his guide, to redeem for himself a people to make thee a name, to do mightily and nobly, so that thou shouldest cast out nations an their tabernacles from the presence of thy people, whom thou didst redeem for thyself out of Egypt? KJV 2 Samuel 7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? NET 2 Samuel 7:23 Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods. CSB 2 Samuel 7:23 And who is like Your people Israel? God came to one nation on earth in order to redeem a people for Himself, to make a name for Himself, and to perform for them great and awesome acts, driving out nations and their gods before Your people You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt. ESV 2 Samuel 7:23 And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name and doing for them great and awesome things by driving out before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods? NIV 2 Samuel 7:23 And who is like your people Israel--the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt? NLT 2 Samuel 7:23 What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God, have you redeemed from slavery to be your own people? You made a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations and gods that stood in their way. what one: De 4:7,8,32-34 33:29 Ps 147:20 Ro 3:1,2 went: Ex 3:7,8 19:5,6 Nu 14:13,14 Ps 111:9 Isa 63:7-14 Tit 2:14 1Pe 2:9 Rev 5:9 make: Ex 9:16 Jos 7:9 1Ch 17:21 Isa 63:12,14 Eze 20:9 Eph 1:6 great thing: De 10:21 Ps 40:5 65:5 66:3 106:22 145:6 people: De 9:26 15:15 Ne 1:10 nations and their gods: Ex 12:12 Related Passage: 1 Chronicles 17:21 "And what one nation in the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make You a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt? WHAT NATION LIKE ISRAEL WHO GOD REDEEMED And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel - This is rhetorical for there is no nation like the nation of Israel, for they alone can claim the great title Your people Israel. whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself - 1Ch 17:21 "to make You a name by great and terrible things," The redemption of Israel was not just to rescue Israel from slavery but ultimately that God's Name would be exalted among all the peoples. In this way they would see the acts of the true God which would show all the other so-called gods to be counterfeit. It would also show the pagan nations that there was a God Who was so powerful that He could redeem Israel from the most powerful nation on earth! and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods 2 Samuel 7:24 "For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. You have established: Ge 17:7 De 26:18 art become: 2Sa 7:23 Ex 15:2 De 27:9 1Ch 17:22 Ps 48:14 Isa 12:2 Jer 31:1,33 Jer 32:38 Ho 1:10 Zec 13:9 Joh 1:12 Ro 9:25,26 1Pe 2:10 Related Passages: 1 Chronicles 17:22 "For Your people Israel You made Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, became their God. Deuteronomy 26:18+ “The LORD has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments; GOD ESTABLISHED ISRAEL AND BECAME THEIR GOD For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, - NET = "You made Israel your very own people for all time." This is because of God's everlasting covenant faithfulness that they are "His people, a treasured possession." and You, O LORD, have become their God - This is the relationship aspect of God's everlasting covenant. For example we see this same truth in Jeremiah 31:33+ where God declares "this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the LORD, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people." Henry