2 Samuel 7:13 (LSB)

Passage

He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 7:11 even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Yahweh also declares to you that Yahweh will make a house for you.

2 Samuel 7:12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up one of your seed after you, who will come forth from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Samuel 7:13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

2 Samuel 7:14 I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will reprove him with the rod of men and the strikes from the sons of men,

2 Samuel 7:15 but My lovingkindness shall not be removed from him, as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "build", "house", "name", "establish", "throne", "kingdom", and "forever". 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 "When your days are fulfilled and you..." into verse 14's "I will be a father to him...", 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.