_NATHAN, FIRST APPROVING THE PURPOSE OF DAVID TO BUILD GOD A HOUSE, AFTERWARDS BY THE WORD OF THE LORD INFORMS HIM, THAT NOT HE, BUT HIS SON, SHOULD BUILD IT: DAVID GIVES THANKS TO GOD._ _Before Christ 1044._... [ Continue Reading ]
SINCE THE DAY THAT I BROUGHT UP ISRAEL— _Out of Egypt._ See 2 Samuel 7:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
SETTLE HIM IN MINE HOUSE, &C.— In 2 Samuel 7:16. _In thine house, and in thy kingdom._ The Jews understand this as a prophetic description of the reign of the Messiah. See Hebrews 1:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAST THOU DONE ALL THIS GREATNESS, &C.?— _Thou hast done all these great things, that thou mightest shew all thy glory in thy servant._ Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—1st, David's pious purpose, Nathan's encouragement, and God's gracious acceptance of his intentions, though he restrained him from the servi... [ Continue Reading ]