2 Samuel 7:20 KJV — MannaFest

2 Samuel 7:20

And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant.

KJV

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ASV

And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord Jehovah.

WEB

What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.

YLT

And what doth David add more to speak unto Thee? and Thou, Thou hast known Thy servant, Lord Jehovah.

DBT

And what can David say more to thee? for thou, Lord Jehovah, knowest thy servant.

About this book

Old Testament

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2 Samuel — David's reign in three movements — rise, fall, consequences — with the Davidic covenant (ch. 7) as the vertical spine down the centre. A covenant held through both rise and fall; a throne established for ever.

Author: Traditional: compilation by Nathan and Gad from Samuel's earlier records (1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1010–970 BC; compilation during Solomon's early reign

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10 verses on the floor

Genesis 18:19
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
John 21:17
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Psalms 139:1
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Hebrews 4:13
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

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And, in both these, there is an eye to the Messiah and his kingdom. 1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the L ORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Thou, Lord, knowest thy servant, knowest what will make me happy, and what thou hast promised is enough to do so." The promise of Christ includes all. If that man, the Lord God, be ours, what can we ask or think of more? The promises of the covenant of grace are framed by him that knows us, and therefore knows how to adapt them to every branch of our necessity.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

David say - Either in a way of gratitude and praise, words cannot express my obligations to thee, nor my sense of these obligations: Or in a way of prayer.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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H3254212× in canon H3069306× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

2SA 7:201SA 16:7 JER 17:10
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2SA 7:201SA 16:7 JHN 7:24
2SA 7:20PSA 139:1 HEB 4:13
2SA 7:201SA 16:7 LUK 16:15
2SA 7:20HEB 4:13 1CO 4:5
2SA 7:201SA 16:7 1PE 3:4
2SA 7:201SA 16:7 ISA 55:8-9
2SA 7:20PSA 139:1 JER 12:3

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