2 Samuel 7:26 (LSB)

Passage

that Your name may be magnified forever, by saying, ‘Yahweh of hosts is God over Israel’; and the house of Your servant David shall be established before You.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 7:24 Yet You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, O Yahweh, have become their God.

2 Samuel 7:25 So now, O Yahweh God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your slave and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as You have spoken,

2 Samuel 7:26 that Your name may be magnified forever, by saying, ‘Yahweh of hosts is God over Israel’; and the house of Your servant David shall be established before You.

2 Samuel 7:27 For You, O Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed in the hearing of Your slave, saying, ‘I will build you a house’; therefore Your slave has found courage in his heart to pray this prayer to You.

2 Samuel 7:28 So now, O Lord Yahweh, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your slave.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "name", "magnified", "forever", "saying", "yahweh", "hosts", "over", and "israel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "name" and "magnified", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "So now O Yahweh God the word..." into verse 27's "For You O Yahweh of hosts the...", so "name" and "magnified" 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 "name" and "magnified" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.