Footnotes

1. 2 Samuel 7:11 tn Or “rest.”
2. 2 Samuel 7:11 tn In the Hebrew text the verb is apparently perfect with vav consecutive, which would normally suggest a future sense (“he will declare”; so the LXX, ἀπαγγελεῖ [apangelei]). But the context seems instead to call for a present or past nuance (“he declares” or “he has declared”). The synoptic passage in 1 Chr 17:10 has וָאַגִּד (vaʾaggid, “and I declared”). The construction used in 2 Sam 7:11 highlights this important statement.
3. 2 Samuel 7:11 tn Heb “the Lord.”
4. 2 Samuel 7:11 tn Heb “house,” but used here in a metaphorical sense, referring to a royal dynasty. Here the Lord’s use of the word plays off the literal sense that David had in mind as he contemplated building a temple for the Lord. To reflect this in the English translation the adjective “dynastic” has been supplied.
5. 2 Samuel 7:12 tn Heb, “when your days are full and you lie down with your ancestors.”
6. 2 Samuel 7:12 tn Heb “your seed after you who comes out from your insides.”
7. 2 Samuel 7:13 tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom permanently.”
8. 2 Samuel 7:16 tc Heb “before you.” A few medieval Hebrew mss read instead “before me,” which makes better sense contextually. (See also the LXX and the Syriac Peshitta.) The MT reading is probably the result of dittography (note the כ [kaf] at the beginning of the next form), with the extra כ then being interpreted as a pronominal suffix.
9. 2 Samuel 7:16 tn Heb “throne.”