Scofield Reference Bible Notes
2 Samuel 7

2Sa 7:8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

The Eight Covenants. Heb 8:8. (Gen 1:28; Heb 8:10).

Israel (history). 2Sa 7:8-17; 2Ki 17:6-23. (Gen 12:2, 3; Rom 11:26.)

2Sa 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

I will be his father

Heb 1:5.

I will chasten him

Judgments (the seven). 2Sa 7:14, 15; 2Sa 12:13, 14. (2Sa 7:14; Rev 22:12).

2Sa 7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

my mercy

Verses 14 and 15 state the principle of judgment within the family of God.(see Scofield 1Co 11:31, note. It is always remedial, not penal (Heb 12:5-11). Judgment of the wicked is penal, not remedial.

2Sa 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

thine house

Christ (First Advent). Psa 2:2. (Gen 3:15; Acts 1:9.)

The Davidic Covenant (2 Samuel 7:8-17). This covenant, upon which the glorious kingdom of Christ "of the seed of David according to the flesh" is to be founded, secures:

1. A Davidic "house"; i.e. posterity, family.
2. A "throne"; i.e. royal authority.
3. A kingdom; i.e. sphere of rule.
4. In perpetuity; "for ever."
5. And this fourfold covenant has but one condition: disobedience in the Davidic family is to be visited with chastisement; but not to the abrogation of the covenant (2Sa 7:15; Psa 89:20-37; Isa 24:5; 54:3).

The chastisement fell; first in the division of the kingdom under Rehoboam, and, finally, in the captivities (2Ki 25:1-7). Since that time but one King of the Davidic family has been crowned at Jerusalem and He was crowned with thorns. But the Davidic Covenant confirmed to David by the oath of Jehovah, and renewed to Mary by the angel Gabriel, is immutable (Psa 89:30-37), and the Lord God will yet give to that thorn-crowned One "the throne of his father David" (Luk 1:31-33; Act 2:29-32; 15:14-17).

See, for the other seven covenants:

• Edenic (Scofield Genesis 1:28)
• Adamic (Scofield Genesis 3:15)
• Noahic (Scofield Genesis 9:1)
• Abrahamic (Scofield Genesis 15:18)
• Mosaic (Scofield Exodus 19:25)
• Palestinian (Scofield Deuteronomy 30:3)
• New (Scofield Hebrews 8:8)

thy throne

Kingdom (O.T.). 2Sa 7:8-16; 2Sa 23:1-5. (Gen 1:26; Zec 12:8).

2Sa 7:18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

Bible prayers (O.T.). 2Sa 24:17. (Gen 15:2; Hab 3:1-16.)

2Sa 7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

redeem

Scofield Exodus 14:30, note.