Prophecy 10 of 30 · King
David's throne forever
God promises David a descendant whose throne and kingdom will last forever, and "I will be his father, and he will be my son".
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Hebrew · Leningrad Codexעִבְרִית
12כִּ֣י ׀ יִמְלְא֣וּ יָמֶ֗יךָ וְשָֽׁכַבְתָּ֙ אֶת־אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲקִימֹתִ֤י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֵצֵ֖א מִמֵּעֶ֑יךָ וַהֲכִינֹתִ֖י אֶת־מַמְלַכְתּֽוֹ׃ki yimleu yamekha veshakhavta et-avotekha vahakimoti et-zar'akha acharekha asher yetze mimme'ekha vahakhinoti et-mamlakhto
13ה֥וּא יִבְנֶה־בַּ֖יִת לִשְׁמִ֑י וְכֹנַנְתִּ֛י אֶת־כִּסֵּ֥א מַמְלַכְתּ֖וֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃hu yivne-bayit lishmi vekhonanti et-kisse mamlakhto ad-olam
14אֲנִי֙ אֶהְיֶה־לּ֣וֹ לְאָ֔ב וְה֖וּא יִהְיֶה־לִּ֣י לְבֵ֑ן אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּהַ֣עֲוֺת֔וֹ וְהֹֽכַחְתִּיו֙ בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וּבְנִגְעֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃ani ehye-lo le'av vehu yihye-li leven asher beha'avoto vehokhachtiv beshevet anashim uvenig'e bene adam
JPS 1917 · Jewish translation
12When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy body, and I will establish his kingdom.
13He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
14I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son; if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
World Messianic Bible
12When your days are fulfilled and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom.When your days are fulfilled and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
13He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men;I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men;
2 Samuel 7:12-14. Transliteration simplified. Read the whole chapter
Also in this passage: 2 Samuel 7:16
16וְנֶאְמַ֨ן בֵּיתְךָ֧ וּמַֽמְלַכְתְּךָ֛ עַד־עוֹלָ֖ם לְפָנֶ֑יךָ כִּֽסְאֲךָ֔ יִהְיֶ֥ה נָכ֖וֹן עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
vene'man betkha umamlakhtekha ad-olam lefanekha kis'akha yihye nakhon ad-olam
16And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee; thy throne shall be established for ever.’
2 Samuel 7:16 (Hebrew & JPS 1917)
Fulfilment · New CovenantWMB
Luke 1:31-33 Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Yeshua.’ He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”
Hebrews 1:5 For to which of the angels did he say at any time, “You are my Son. Today I have become your father?” and again, “I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?”
Acts 2:30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Messiah to sit on his throne,
How rabbinic tradition reads it
All Jewish tradition expects the Messiah to be a son of David (Mashiach ben David), the basis of the daily Amidah blessing for the sprouting of David's branch (Et Tzemach David).
Why Messianic Jews read it as Yeshua
Luke records the angel's words to Miriam (Mary): God will give her son "the throne of his father David", and he will reign forever.
Look at the text for yourself
Read 2 Samuel 7:12-14 slowly, in the Hebrew and the JPS translation above. Then ask the question the Ethiopian official asked: "Who is the prophet talking about?"
Sources
- Amidah, 15th blessing (Et Tzemach David)
- Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain), via OpenScriptures. English: JPS 1917; World Messianic Bible (public domain).
