2 Samuel 7:21

For the sake of Thy word, and according to Thine own lev, hast Thou done all this gedullah (great thing), and made it known to Avdecha.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

In Context

20And what can Dovid say more unto Thee? For Thou, Adonoi Hashem, knowest Avdecha.

22Wherefore Thou art great, Adonoi Hashem; for there is none like Thee, neither is there any Elohim but Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19El is not an ish, that He should lie; 1 neither a ben adam, that He should change His mind; 1 hath He said, and shall He not do it? 1 Or hath He spoken, and shall He not carry it out? 1

Joshua 23:14And, hinei, now I am going the derech kol ha'aretz; and ye know in all your hearts and in all your nefashot, that not one thing hath failed of all the devarim hatovim which Hashem Eloheichem promised concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

Psalms 138:2I will worship toward Thy Heikhal Kodesh, 1 and praise Shmecha (Thy Name) 1 for Thy chesed and for Thy emes; 1 for Thou hast magnified Thy Word 1 above Kol Shimcha (all Thy Name). + 138:2 Yn 1:1 , 14 1

Matthew 24:35Shomayim v'HaAretz will pass away, but my Dvar will by no means pass away.

Luke 1:72Thus Hashem has demonstrated his rachamim (mercy) to Avoteinu (our Fathers) and has remembered his Brit HaKodesh (Holy Covenant), + 1:72 Mic 7:20; Ps 105:8,9; 106:45; Ezek 16:60

Luke 12:32Do not have pachad (terror, fear), Eder Katan (Little Flock), because it is the ratzon, the chefetz (desire) of your Av + 12:32 sh'ba'Shomayim to give you the Malchut.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:19-29

David's Prayer for God's Blessing. ( b. c. 1042.) 18 Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord , and he said, Who am I, O Lord God ? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God ; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God ? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God , knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own… Read the whole commentary →

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