Albert Barnes Commentary 2 Samuel 7:10

Albert Barnes Commentary

2 Samuel 7:10

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

2 Samuel 7:10

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first," — 2 Samuel 7:10 (ASV)

Moreover I will appoint ... - This should be read in the past tense: "And I have appointed a place..." and "and have planted them..." This was already done by the consolidation of David’s kingdom. The contrast between this and 2 Samuel 7:11 is that of the troubled, unsettled times of the Judges and the frequent subjugations of Israel in those times, with the settled prosperity and independence of the kingdom of David and Solomon.