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2 Samuel 7:12-17 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
12 When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your [c]descendant after you, who will come forth from [d]you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.14 I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, 15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom shall endure before [e]Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’” 17 In accordance with all these words and all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

Would it be a correct to interpret 2 Samuel 7:12-17 in such a way that there is a dual application/nature since it can be implied as prophesying about King David and his descendants, and also King David's most famous descendant Jesus Christ, The Lord and Savior?

To Elaborate,

2 Samuel 7:12 I will raise up your [c]descendant after you, who will come forth from [d]you, and I will establish his kingdom.

  • 2 Samuel 7:12 can be interpreted as prophesying about King David, and his descendants "Earthly" Israelite kingdom and can also be Jesus Christ as King of the Kingdom of Heaven

2 Samuel 7:13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

2 Samuel 7:13 can be interpreted as King David's son, King Solomon's construction of the Holy "Earthly" Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem and can also be interpreted as Jesus Christ's body as a temple being built on resurrection day

2 Samuel 7:14 I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men,

2 Samuel 7:14 can obviously be interpreted as Kind David's son, King Solomon, being disciplined when he sins( in King Solomon's case his marriage to Non-Jewish women who led his away from the Lord of Israel), and also the sins of all the "earthly" Kings who were descended from King David and when it comes to King David's descendant, Jesus Christ, we can the aforementioned verse as Jesus Christ being discipled for the inequities of all the sins of the believers of Jesus Christ because Jesus Christ took the blame for all sins of the believers of Jesus Christ

Would the aforementioned interpretations be correct?

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Yes.

2 Samuel 7:13a

He shall build a house for My name,

In addition to Jesus' body, the church could be considered as a house for God's name.

1 Peter 2:5 ESV

You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

The New Jerusalem could also be considered a house for God's name.

Revelation 21:2

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem,[a] coming down out of heaven from God. It was prepared like a bride dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Now God’s presence is with people, and he will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them and will be their God.

2 Samuel 7:13b

and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Matthew 1:1

This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac,Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
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6 and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife, 7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,
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16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.

The other passages show how the main passage applies to Jesus. This passage shows how the main passage applies to Solomon.

2 Samuel 7:14a

I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me;

Hebrews 1:5 specifically says that this applies to Jesus.

For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father”? Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”?

2 Samuel 7:14b

when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men,

The word translated "commits iniquity" is 'avah. 'avon is derived from 'avah and appears three times in Isaiah 53, which describes Jesus as the Suffering Servant.

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