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2 Samuel 7:9

2 Samuel 7:9
And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

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Commentary

Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest,.... When he went against Goliath, when he went forth against the Philistines, when in Saul's court, when he fled from Saul, and was obliged to go to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Samuel 7:4-17

We have here a full revelation of God's favour to David and the kind intentions of that favour, the notices and assurances of which God sent him by Nathan the prophet, whom he entrusted to deliver…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

2 Samuel 7:4-17

The Lord's message to David

The connexion of thought in 2Sa 7:5-13 is as follows: "Thoushalt not build a house for Me(5 7), but I, who have chosen thee to be the ruler of my people, will build an…