What does 2 Samuel 7:12 say about David's death?
2 Samuel 7:12 says David will sleep with his fathers, meaning he will die physically, because God will not intervene in the physical element of death. God promises to set up David's seed after him, his own son proceeding from his bowels, continuing the kingly line.
Les explains that 2 Samuel 7:12 is God's promise that David's death is certain—God will not intervene in the physical element of death; David will die and sleep with his fathers. But God will set up David's seed after him, his own son proceeding from his bowels, and establish His kingdom. Verse 13 adds that this descendant will build a house for God's name, and God will establish the throne of His kingdom forever. Les notes this is the promise of the kingly line running from David all the way to Christ the King. Verse 14 speaks of God being His Father and He being God's Son, and if He commits iniquity, God will chasten Him with the rod of men and stripes of the children of men. Les points out Israel experienced that chastening repeatedly, as in Judges, but God never gave up on them.
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
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Who is the seed promised to David in 2 Samuel 7:12?
The seed promised to proceed out of David's bowels in 2 Samuel 7:12 is his own son.