Footnotes

1. 2 Samuel 7:9 tn Heb “cut off.”
2. 2 Samuel 7:9 tn Heb “and I will make for you a great name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.”
3. 2 Samuel 7:10 tn Heb “plant.”
4. 2 Samuel 7:10 tn Heb “shaken.”
5. 2 Samuel 7:10 tn Heb “the sons of violence.”
6. 2 Samuel 7:11 tn Or “rest.”
7. 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.
8. 2 Samuel 7:11 tn Heb “the Lord.”
9. 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.