2 Samuel 7:12 (GNV)

Passage

And when thy daies bee fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I wil set vp thy seede after thee, which shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablish his kingdome.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 7:10 (Also I will appoynt a place for my people Israel, and will plant it, that they may dwell in a place of their owne, and moue no more, neither shall wicked people trouble them any more as before time,

2 Samuel 7:11 And since the time that I set Iudges ouer my people of Israel) and I will giue thee rest from al thine enemies: also the Lord telleth thee, that he will make thee an house.

2 Samuel 7:12 And when thy daies bee fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I wil set vp thy seede after thee, which shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablish his kingdome.

2 Samuel 7:13 He shall buyld an house for my Name, and I will stablish ye throne of his kingdome for euer.

2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his father, and hee shall bee my sonne: and if he sinne, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of men.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "daies", "fulfilled", "thou", "shalt", "sleepe", "fathers", "seede", and "after". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "daies" and "fulfilled", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And since the time that I set..." into verse 13's "He shall buyld an house for my...", so "daies" and "fulfilled" 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 "daies" and "fulfilled" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.