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.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 12. I will establish his kingdom. This prophecy partly relates to Solomon; but much more to Christ, who is called the Son of David in Scripture, and the builder of the true temple, which is the Church, his everlasting kingdom, which shall never fail, nor be cast off for any iniquity of her children. Challoner.—God passes over all the children whom David had already, 3 Kennicott. 2:15. The temporal kingdom was enjoyed by David’s posterity for a long time, sufficient to verify the expression for ever, as it is often used in Scripture. Calmet.—But the spiritual kingdom of the Messias will last till the end of time, and be perfected in eternity. Bible.—In these predictions we must always distinguish the type from the reality. Calmet.