Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
He shall build an house ... - For the fulfillment of this in the person of Solomon, see I Kings 8:16-20. For its application to Christ, see John 1:12; Ephesians 1:20-22; I Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 3:6; etc.; and Zechariah 6:12-13.
I will stablish the throne of his kingdom forever - The words forever, emphatically twice repeated in II Samuel 7:16, show very distinctly that this prophecy looks beyond the succession of the kings of Judah of the house of David, and embraces the throne of Christ according to the Angel' s interpretation given in Luke 1:31-33, where the reference to this passage cannot be mistaken. This is also brought out fully in Psalms 89:29, Psalms 89:36-37. See also Daniel 7:13-14; Isaiah 9:6-7; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Jeremiah 33:14-21; Ezekiel 34:24; Zechariah 12:7-8; Hosea 3:5, etc.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Samuel 7:13:
2 Samuel 23:5
1 Kings 2:4
1 Kings 6:12
Psalms 18:50
Psalms 18:50
Psalms 21:4
Psalms 89:3
Psalms 89:19
Psalms 89:35
Isaiah 9:7
Jeremiah 23:4
Zechariah 1:4
John 4:20
Acts 2:30
Hebrews 1:5
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