Discovery Box2 Samuel 7:11-13 
Context7:11 and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief 1 from all your enemies. The Lord declares 2 to you that he himself 3 will build a dynastic house 4 for you. 7:12 When the time comes for you to die, 5 I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, 6 and I will establish his kingdom. 7:13 He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent. 7
2 Samuel 7:27
Context7:27 for you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have told 8 your servant, ‘I will build you a dynastic house.’ 9 That is why your servant has had the courage 10 to pray this prayer to you.
1 tn Or “rest.”
2 tn In the Hebrew text the verb is apparently perfect with vav consecutive, which would normally suggest a future sense (“he will declare”; so the LXX, ἀπαγγελεῖ [apangelei]). But the context seems instead to call for a present or past nuance (“he declares” or “he has declared”). The synoptic passage in 1 Chr 17:10 has וָאַגִּד (va’aggid, “and I declared”). The construction used in 2 Sam 7:11 highlights this important statement.
3 tn Heb “the
4 tn Heb “house,” but used here in a metaphorical sense, referring to a royal dynasty. Here the
5 tn Heb, “when your days are full and you lie down with your ancestors.”
6 tn Heb “your seed after you who comes out from your insides.”
7 tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom permanently.”
8 tn Heb “have uncovered the ear of.”
9 tn Heb “a house.” This maintains the wordplay from v. 11 (see the note on the word “house” there) and is continued in v. 29.
10 tn Heb “has found his heart.”
