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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Psalms 2:6-7 → 2 Samuel 7:14-15

Allusion

Later text

Psalms 2:6-7BSB

"I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain." I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: "You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.

Earlier text

2 Samuel 7:14-15BSB

I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.

Significance

Psalm 2:7 records God's decree: "You are My Son (בְּנִי, beni); today I have become Your Father" — a coronation oracle establishing the Davidic king's unique filial relationship with God. 2 Samuel 7:14 contains the foundational Nathan oracle: "I will be his Father (אָב, av), and he will be My son (בֵּן, ben)." The Psalm transforms the Davidic covenant's father-son language into a formal enthronement decree, universalizing it as applicable to each successive king at his installation. The shared father-son terminology connects the historical promise to David's dynasty with the ritual declaration at royal coronation, establishing sonship as the theological foundation of Israelite kingship.

Found via: Keil and Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament (1866)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme

▸ The Davidic Covenant ▸ You Are My Son

Linked Mentions 6

Trajectory Tables 4

Anchor Texts 2

Psalms 2:6-7 → 2 Samuel 7:14-15

Significance

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