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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
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Intertextuality Pair

Amos 9:11 → 2 Samuel 7:12

Allusion

Later text

Amos 9:11BSB

"In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

Earlier text

2 Samuel 7:12BSB

And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

Significance

Amos 9:11 promises to "restore the fallen tent of David" (סֻכַּת דָּוִיד הַנֹּפֶלֶת, sukkath David hannofelet), deliberately echoing 2 Samuel 7:12's promise that God would "raise up your descendant after you" and "establish his kingdom." The word "tent/booth" (סֻכָּה, sukkah) in Amos contrasts strikingly with the permanent "house" (בַּיִת, bayith) vocabulary of 2 Samuel 7, suggesting that the Davidic dynasty has declined from a house to a mere booth. Yet Amos promises restoration: God will "repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old," reaffirming the Davidic covenant promise when the dynasty appeared most broken. The shared root קום (qum, "to raise up") links God's original promise (הֲקִימֹתִי, haqimoti) directly to Amos's restoration oracle (אָקִים, aqim), making explicit that the prophet invokes the very verb of the Davidic covenant itself.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment

▸ The Davidic Covenant ▸ The Fallen Booth of David

Linked Mentions 7

Trajectory Tables 5

Anchor Texts 2

Amos 9:11 → 2 Samuel 7:12

Significance

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