마소라 본문 사무엘하 7:1-17에 나타난 다윗의 안식과 두 집에 대한 여호와의 약속

Abstract

2 Samuel 7:1 clearly states that David is the one who enjoys rest. Yahweh’s Words given to David (2Sa 7:5b-7) emphasize Yahweh’s initiative in the building project and the tabernacle as Yahweh’s temporary dwelling place in the past. The author of MT Samuel irregularly uses waw copulative and waw conversive in 8b-11a. The author’s rhetorical intent is only to use waw conversive partly in 9a and 9b. He intends to introduce what Yahweh did to David first, and then to Israel in the past. The author does not describe what Yahweh did to David and Israel according to temporal order or logical result. Therefore, MT 2 Samuel 7:1b and 11a do not seem to be in conflict with one another nor speak of David’s present rest equally. MT 2 Samuel 7 clearly says that rest is not given to David in the future, but has been given to David (2Sa 7:1, 11a). In contrast to the text of 1 Kings 5:3-4 that David is not a man of rest, MT 2 Samuel 7 does not link David’s rest with the building of Jerusalem temple as the precondition to be complied with.<BR> Due to the presence of 2 Samuel 7:13a, the whole text of 2 Samuel 7 clearly shows that it is not Yahweh’s intention to ban the temple building itself. 2 Samuel 7 does not search for the reason why David cannot build the Jerusalem temple. The concern of 2 Samuel 7 is not to deal with the qualifications of the temple builder, but to promise that Yahweh will build David’s house. 2 Samuel 7 clearly states that David is not the one who builds the house of Yahweh, but rather tells that David’s son is to do so. The focus of 2 Samuel 7 is on the construction of the house of David and the house of Yahweh respectively.