2 Samuel 7 in the early church
[LXX: 2 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 2 Kings]
74 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Samuel 7, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 2 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 27 · 28 · 29
2 Samuel 7:1
After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:1–7 | City of God 17.8 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 413–426 |
2 Samuel 7:2
he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:2 | Commentary on John 10.257 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| 2 Sam 7:2 | Apology for Origen 6.1 · Pamphilus of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 308–310 (Rufinus's Latin about 397) |
| 2 Sam 7:2 | Exposition of Psalm 118 4.15.2 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386-397 |
2 Samuel 7:4
But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:4–16 | To Quirinus 1.15 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| 2 Sam 7:4–16 | To Quirinus 2.11 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| 2 Sam 7:4 | Divine Institutes 4.13.22 · Lactantius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 303–311 |
| 2 Sam 7:4 | Altercatio, chapter 2, speech 20 · Evagrius of Gaul | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400 |
2 Samuel 7:5
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:5 | Commentary on John 6.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| 2 Sam 7:5 | Divine Institutes 4.13.22 · Lactantius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 303–311 |
| 2 Sam 7:5 | Altercatio, chapter 2, speech 20 · Evagrius of Gaul | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400 |
2 Samuel 7:6
For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:6 | Homilies 2.44 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
2 Samuel 7:8
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:8 | Exposition of Psalm 118 7.3.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 2 Sam 7:8 | Letter 138.19 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| 2 Sam 7:8–16 | City of God 17.8 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
2 Samuel 7:9
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:9 | Exposition of Psalm 118 7.3.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
2 Samuel 7:10
And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:10–11 | City of God 17.12 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
| 2 Sam 7:10–11 | City of God 17.13 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
2 Samuel 7:11
and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:11 | Exposition of Psalm 118 7.3.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 2 Sam 7:11 | City of God 17.12 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
2 Samuel 7:12
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:13
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:13 | Against the Jews 14 · Tertullian | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 197–207 |
| 2 Sam 7:13 | Against Marcion 3.20 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| 2 Sam 7:13 | Prophetic Extracts 1.20 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| 2 Sam 7:13 | Divine Institutes 4.13.23 · Lactantius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 303–311 |
| 2 Sam 7:13 | Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| 2 Sam 7:13 | Altercatio, chapter 2, speech 20 · Evagrius of Gaul | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400 |
2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:14 | Dialogue with Trypho 118.2 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| 2 Sam 7:14 | Prophetic Extracts 1.20 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| 2 Sam 7:14 | Divine Institutes 4.13.23 · Lactantius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 303–311 |
| 2 Sam 7:14 | On Not Agreeing with Heretics 13 · Lucifer of Cagliari | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 356–361 |
| 2 Sam 7:14 | Tractates on the Psalms 126.15 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| 2 Sam 7:14 | Commentary on 2 Corinthians 6:17–18 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 2 Sam 7:14 | Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| 2 Sam 7:14 | Altercatio, chapter 2, speech 20 · Evagrius of Gaul | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400 |
| 2 Sam 7:14–15 | City of God 17.9 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
2 Samuel 7:15
But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:15 | Dialogue with Trypho 118.2 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| 2 Sam 7:15 | Against Marcion 3.20 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| 2 Sam 7:15 | Prophetic Extracts 1.20 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| 2 Sam 7:15 | Question 112, section 22 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| 2 Sam 7:15 | Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:16 | Against Marcion 3.20 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| 2 Sam 7:16 | Prophetic Extracts 1.20 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| 2 Sam 7:16 | Divine Institutes 4.13.23 · Lactantius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 303–311 |
| 2 Sam 7:16 | Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| 2 Sam 7:16 | Altercatio, chapter 2, speech 20 · Evagrius of Gaul | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400 |
2 Samuel 7:18
Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:18 | On Prayer 33.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–234 |
| 2 Sam 7:18 | Long recension, Magnesians 12 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | later 4th century (probable) |
| 2 Sam 7:18 | Exposition of Psalm 118 7.3.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 2 Sam 7:18 | Retractations 2.1 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 426-427 |
2 Samuel 7:19
And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:19 | On Prayer 33.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–234 |
| 2 Sam 7:19 | Exposition of Psalm 118 7.3.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 2 Sam 7:19 | City of God 17.12 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
2 Samuel 7:20
What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:20 | On Prayer 33.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–234 |
2 Samuel 7:21
For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:21 | On Prayer 33.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–234 |
2 Samuel 7:22
How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:22 | On Prayer 33.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–234 |
2 Samuel 7:27
For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:27 | City of God 17.12 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
2 Samuel 7:28
And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:28 | Exposition of Psalm 118 7.3.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
2 Samuel 7:29
Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 7:29 | Exposition of Psalm 118 7.3.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 2 Sam 7:29 | City of God 17.12 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |