2 Samuel 7:9 → Genesis 1:28

The Davidic covenant absorbs the Adamic commission into a royal covenant, and its constituent elements echo the chain that began at Gen 1:28. God promises David "a great name" (2 Sam 7:9), to "plant" his people Israel so they may dwell secure (7:10), and to establish an everlasting kingdom through David's seed (7:12-13). These are the same elements that appeared with Abraham — "a great name" (Gen 12:2), being established as a great nation — and they channel the commission's rādâ ("rule") clause through a royal vehicle: the dominion Adam was to exercise over creation is now to be exercised by the Davidic king over an enduring kingdom. The commission narrows from corporate Israel to the Davidic line precisely so that, through the promised Son, the rule may extend to all the earth. The trajectory lands in the Last Adam, the greater Son of David, whose kingdom has no end and who finally exercises the Adamic dominion — putting all enemies under his feet (1 Cor 15:25-27) and reigning over the consummated new creation (Rev 22:1-5).