2 Samuel 7:22
Context7:22 Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true! 1
2 Samuel 22:31
Context22:31 The one true God acts in a faithful manner; 2
the Lord’s promise is reliable; 3
he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.
1 tn Heb “in all which we heard with our ears.” The phrase translated “in all” בְּכֹל (bÿkhol) should probably be emended to “according to all” כְּכֹל (kÿkhol).
2 tn Heb “[As for] the God, his way is blameless.” The term הָאֵל (ha’el, “the God”) stands as a nominative (or genitive) absolute in apposition to the resumptive pronominal suffix on “way.” The prefixed article emphasizes his distinctiveness as the one true God (see BDB 42 s.v. II אֵל 6; Deut 33:26). God’s “way” in this context refers to his protective and salvific acts in fulfillment of his promise (see also Deut 32:4; Pss 67:2; 77:13 [note vv. 11-12, 14]; 103:7; 138:5; 145:17).
3 tn Heb “the word of the