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

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God speaks to David through Nathan, responding to David's offer to build a temple; the promise of a fixed dwelling place is part of a larger covenant declaration.

The words — נְטַעְתִּי (neta'ti, "I will plant") applies agricultural language to a nation, implying root-taking and permanence rather than mere settlement.

The thread — Amos 9:15 repeats the planting verb with the explicit promise of never being uprooted; Jeremiah 24:6 pairs building with not tearing down; 1 Chronicles 17:9 is the parallel retelling.

Why it lands — The verse promises an end to oppression by wicked men, yet Israel's history of exile shows the promise was not exhausted in David's line; the reader is left to hold the tension between the word given and its delayed fulfillment.

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The Hebrew words

וְשַׂמְתִּ֣יve./sam.Tiand/ I will appoint מָ֠קוֹםMa.koma place לְעַמִּ֨יle./'a.M/ifor/ people/ my לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֤לle./Yis.ra.'Elfor/ Israel וּנְטַעְתִּיו֙u./ne.ta'.Ti/vand/ I will plant/ it וְשָׁכַ֣ןve./sha.Khanand/ it will dwell תַּחְתָּ֔יוtach.Ta/vin/ it וְלֹ֥אve./Lo'and/ not יִרְגַּ֖זyir.Gazit will be agitated ע֑וֹדodagain וְלֹֽא־ve./lo'-and/ not יֹסִ֤יפוּyo.Si.futhey will repeat בְנֵֽי־ve.nei-sons of עַוְלָה֙'av.Lahinjustice לְעַנּוֹת֔וֹle./'a.no.T/oto/ afflict/ it כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka./'a.Sherjust/ as בָּרִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃ba./ri.sho.Nahat the/ former [time]

King James Version

Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

Cross-references

Amos 9:15 I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
1 Chronicles 17:9 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
Jeremiah 24:6 I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
Isaiah 60:18 No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
Ezekiel 37:25 They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
Psalms 89:22 No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
Ezekiel 28:24 For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
Psalms 80:8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
Exodus 15:17 You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.
Jeremiah 18:9 And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,