Text: Psalms 2:6-7
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 7:14-15
Subject: Divine begetting of the king (B) (* see Davidic covenant)
Source: Keil and Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament (1866)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Psalm 2 — You Are My Son
Significance: Psalm 2:7 records God's decree: "You are My Son (בְּנִי, beni); today I have begotten You" — 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.
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Text: 2 Samuel 7:14-15
OT Text Referred to: Psalm 2:6-7
Subject: divine sonship and eternal kingship
Source: John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1763)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Psalm 2 — You Are My Son
Significance: 2 Samuel 7:14-15 promises a father-son relationship between God and David's heir, with discipline but never withdrawal of חֶסֶד (chesed). Psalm 2:6-7 dramatizes this relationship in a coronation oracle: God installs His king on Zion and declares "You are My Son; today I have begotten you" (בְּנִי אַתָּה, beni attah). Where 2 Samuel 7 promises future sonship for David's descendant, Psalm 2 enacts it in present-tense enthronement liturgy, extending the sonship declaration with universal dominion: "Ask of Me, and I will give the nations as Your inheritance" (v.8). The Psalm's scope — universal rule over rebelling nations — escalates far beyond the Davidic covenant's original domestic horizon, pressing toward an eschatological king whose dominion transcends Israel's borders.
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Text: 2 Samuel 7:14
OT Text Referred to: Psalm 2:6
Subject: divine begetting of the king
Source: John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1763)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Psalm 2 — You Are My Son
Significance: 2 Samuel 7:14 declares the Davidic king's sonship: "I will be his Father, and he will be My son." Psalm 2:6-7 dramatizes this relationship in a coronation scene: God declares "I have installed My King on Zion, My holy mountain" (v.6) and the king proclaims the divine decree: "You are My Son; today I have begotten you" (בְּנִי אַתָּה אֲנִי הַיּוֹם יְלִדְתִּיךָ, beni attah ani hayyom yelidtikha, v.7). The "begetting" language of Psalm 2:7 is an adoptive formula applied at coronation, developing the father-son promise of 2 Samuel 7:14 into liturgical declaration. While 2 Samuel speaks in future terms about David's offspring, Psalm 2 applies the sonship directly to the reigning king at his enthronement, making each coronation a renewal of the Davidic covenant promise.