2 Samuel 7:13 (DRB)

Passage

He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom fore ever.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 7:11 From the day that I appointed judges over my people Israel: and I will give thee rest from all thy enemies. And the Lord foretelleth to thee, that the Lord will make thee a house.

2 Samuel 7:12 And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of the bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Samuel 7:13 He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom fore ever.

2 Samuel 7:14 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and if he commit any iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.

2 Samuel 7:15 But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before my face.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "build", "house", "name", "establish", "throne", "kingdom", and "fore". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "build", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And when thy days shall be fulfilled..." into verse 14's "I will be to him a father...", so "shall" and "build" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "build" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.