2 Samuel 7:12 (WEB)
When your days are fulfilled and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
As quoted in the map (KJV)
2 Samuel 7:12–13 (KJV)
12 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. 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
Key words
- זֶרַעzera · Hebrew
- 'seed' — David's offspring, whom God will raise up.
- כִּסֵּא מַמְלַכְתּוֹkisse mamlakhto · Hebrew
- 'the throne of his kingdom.'
- עַד־עוֹלָםad-olam · Hebrew
- 'for ever' — the Davidic covenant is everlasting.
Why it matters
God covenants with David that his seed will sit on an everlasting throne. Gabriel echoes this promise word for word when he tells Mary her son will receive 'the throne of his father David' and reign 'for ever' (Luke 1:32–33). Pitre's logic follows: because Jesus is the Davidic king for ever, the Davidic office of queen mother is fulfilled, permanently, in the mother of the king.
Fathers and councils · 4
Augustine of Hippo
“And his house shall be faithful, and his kingdom even for evermore before me, and his throne shall be set up even for evermore.”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. vii. 8–16.
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Tertullian
“Accordingly the prophet Nathan, in the first of Kings, makes a promise to David for his seed, “which shall proceed,” says he, “out of thy bowels.”” — editor's note: The four books of the Kings were sometimes regarded as two, “the first” of which contained 1 and 2 Samuel, “the second” 1 and 2 Kings. The reference in this…
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Cyprian of Carthage
“He shall build me an house in my name, and I will raise up his throne for ever; and I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to me for a son: and his house shall obtain confidence, and his kingdom for evermore in my sight.”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. vii. 4, 5, 12–16.
Read the whole comment“He shall build me a house in my name, and I will set up His throne for ever; and I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to me a Son; and His house shall obtain confidence, and His kingdom for ever in my sight.”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. vii. 5, 12–16.
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Cross-references · 17
Parallel passages
2 Samuel 7:12 and 1 Chronicles 17:11 share the same wording (21 words).
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