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Two of Israel\u2019s shining leaders were not able to achieve their life goals. Moses did not enter the land of Israel with the nation he had liberated from Egypt and led through 40 years in the desert. King David was not able to build the Temple to God whom he served with joy, dedication, humility and love.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

2 Samuel 7 opens after David had defeated the Philistines, secured his kingship over the whole nation of Israel and brought the Ark of the Tabernacle to Jerusalem, the city of David. God has granted him security, and David comments to the prophet Nathan that while he lives in a palace of cedar, the Ark of God remains in a tent. Nathan tells David that God is with him in whatever he wants to do.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

That night, however, God appears to Nathan and tells him that God\u2019s Ark has lived in tents since the desert, and God has never asked that the Temple be built. God promised David that his dynasty will continue and his son will build the Temple. Since Saul\u2019s reign only lasted one generation, a continuing line of kingship could not be taken for granted.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The work of David, with God\u2019s help, is to establish a unified nation with security among its neighbors. Until that occurs, the Ark will remain in a tent. It is not yet time.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Unlike Moses, who had a great deal of trouble accepting God\u2019s dictum that he would not enter the land, David responds with praise and thanks to God for the gift of a multi-generational dynasty and for the gift of being told about it. He accepts God\u2019s plan and decision with gratitude and humility. As we see in other Biblical stories talking with one another, perhaps David\u2019s gratitude is the completion of Moses\u2019 struggle to accept God\u2019s decree.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When my grandmother died in 1982, peacefully and suddenly, a lesson I took from her passing was that a sign of a full life is leaving tasks uncompleted.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pirkei Avot 2:21 teaches us that \u201cIt is not up to you to complete the task\u2026\u201d Sometimes that is a relief, sometimes it is a bitter disappointment. We learn from the lives and paths of Moses, David (and my grandmother) that part of our responsibility is to raise the next generation to continue the work of creating, settling and improving the world.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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David is in a palace and the Ark sits under a tent. Irked by this imbalance, David wishes to build a temple for God. Initially, Nathan the prophet is all in, but then God appears to Nathan and tells him to reverse course. Why did God not want David to build the Temple?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The conventional wisdom is that David fought wars and so he is too bloodied to be the one to build God's temple. The only problem is that\u00a0 this reason is not mentioned here. Instead, that answer appears only in the Book of Chronicles, the official, yet propagandized version of these events.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Tabernacle was nomadic, so it matched the people at the time. David thought that now that the people were established, God would want an established house. But God is not on the same page. Reading the chapter, it sounds like God does not want a physical house at all. God promises to establish David\u2019s \u2018house\u2019 forever: not a physical one, but a generational reputational one. God also explains that David\u2019s son will \u201cbuild a house for My name, and I will establish his royal throne forever\u201d (verse 13). This is very different from David\u2019s request to build a house for God to abide in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God hammers home the point that a house that is established forever is one built on reputation and renown. This is why God does not rebuke the people for not building a Temple all of these years. It was never God\u2019s request for a Temple. To add a Midrashic spin, the word \u201chouse\u201d appears twelve times in the chapter after David proposes to build the Temple. Perhaps this number 12 is a symbolic way of the text to show that God does not need a physical house. God\u2019s home is within the twelve tribes of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Imagine the intensity of David\u2019s disappointment. Having defeated his enemies, he turns to the prophet Nathan, requesting that he merit to build a permanent home for God, a Temple. God speaks to Nathan that very night, and responds favorably to David\u2019s request. Indeed, God explains, David has merited that his son will build the Temple. Wait a minute. David\u2019s son, not David himself, will merit to build the house of God? We would anticipate that Davd would respond with intense disappointment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After all, not only did David make a request of the prophet to this effect, but Psalms teaches us that David suffered countless sleepless nights until he would finally be able to build the Temple:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A song of ascents. O Lord, remember in David\u2019s favor his extreme self-denial,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>how he swore to the Lord, vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u201cI will not enter my house, nor will I mount my bed,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>until I find a place for the Lord, an abode for the Mighty One of Jacob.\u201d (132:1-5)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Despite his sleeplessness, David somehow is comforted by the prophet\u2019s report. Why? The precise words of Nathan give us a clear answer:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When your days are done and you lie with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own issue, and I will establish his kingship.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish his royal throne forever.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to Me. When he does wrong, I will chastise him with the rod of men and the affliction of mortals;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>but I will never withdraw My favor from him as I withdrew it from Saul, whom I removed to make room for you.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Your house and your kingship shall ever be secure before you; your throne shall be established forever.\u201d (v. 13-16)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

David did not desire to build the Temple himself. More important to him was the eventual success of his family dynasty, particularly their association with God and His Temple. If David\u2019s son was to build the Temple, and his family line would be secure, nothing would make David more happy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ironically David\u2019s success resulted from his lack of self-interest. His ultimate allegiances were to his family and, above all, to God. If through David\u2019s line the honor of God would be fully restored, even if David himself had no direct hand in that process, nothing could be a greater source of joy for the servant of God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Having achieved a level of peace and stability not experienced before by the Israelites, David confesses his heart\u2019s desire to the prophet Nathan: to finally build a temple worthy of God and the holy ark. Even though Nathan counsels David to \u201cdo all that is in your heart for God is with you (7:3)\u201d, we learn that he has made this pronouncement without first consulting with God. And God has a different answer. In a gentle but heartbreaking message for David, God told Nathan to explain to David that the desired temple would not be his legacy. Instead, his son Solomon, who will succeed David and solidify his dynasty, will be tasked with building the temple.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

David intuitively (or, as some commentaries suggest, from a part of the message that\u2019s not related here) understands that the reason he doesn\u2019t merit building the temple himself is because his greatness had come through fighting wars. David\u2019s battles were divinely sanctioned, but the reality of war, regardless of how justified it may be and how carefully executed, is that there will inevitably be innocent casualties. As the leader, that innocent blood is ultimately on David\u2019s hands.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The medieval commentator Rabbi David Kimhi, Radak, comments that although the blood shed by David did not warrant punishment since the intention was to destroy evil, nevertheless it is possible that there were good and pious victims of those wars. Furthermore, argues the Radak, the temple itself represents the ideal of peace and a house of peace cannot be built by a man of war. Thus, David, for all his own prodigious leadership qualities, is rendered ineligible for the task.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Lesser leaders than King David might be inclined to lick their wounds of disappointment \u2013 even resent the decision and decision-maker. But on hearing the answer that fundamentally meant, no, not you, not now, David does something remarkable. \u201cKing David then came and sat down before God\u201d (7:18) to praise Him and the Jewish people (7:22-23), and express gratitude to God for ensuring his dynasty through his son Solomon. There is no sulking, no arguing, no passive-aggressive retribution. David purely and passionately looks forward, not back, to the glory that is yet to be bestowed on him, his family and his people. 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In this thoroughly enigmatic chapter David does not build the temple and it is quite unclear why.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Initially, David obliquely implies that he would build a temple for God: \u201chere I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while the ark of the Lord abides in a tent,\u201d says the king. Nathan the prophet replies that David should \u201cdo whatever he has in mind.\u201d God then appears to Nathan in a lengthy prophecy, the conclusion of which is that David\u2019s son, and not David himself will build a temple. However, God does not give a clear or explicit reason why David is disqualified from doing so.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The enigma is compounded by the retelling of the story in the book of Chronicles where David himself tells his son that God told him the reason why he would not build the Temple: \u201cthe word of the Lord came to me, saying, \u201cYou have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars; you shall not build a house unto My name, because you have shed much blood upon the earth in My sight.\u201d (I Chronicles 22:6-10). In Chronicles David repeats this reason to the people, but there is no hint of it in today\u2019s chapter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The <\/span>Da\u2019at Mikra<\/span><\/i> commentary points out that the word <\/span>\u201cbayit,\u201d, <\/span><\/i>which can mean house, home or royal dynasty, appears 15 times in our chapter. Rabbi Amnon Bazak shows how God deflects David\u2019s offer to build a house for God by promising to establish a royal house for David:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cAre you the one to build a house for me to swell in? (v.5)... The Lord will establish a house for you.\u201d\u00a0 (v.11)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The implication is that David\u2019s offer is premature. Until political stability and a cessation of inter-dynastic strife are ensured by a peaceful transfer of the kingship from father to son, it would be presumptuous to build a house for God. Peace and security for Israel are preconditions for the existence of the Temple (Talmud Sanhedrin 20b).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This insightful reading draws out from God \u2018s opaque prophecy to Nathan a compelling reason why David is not to build a house for God. But what then of the alternate justification given in Chronicles? Perhaps they are not contradictory. The political abstraction that dynastic stability should come before God\u2019s house receives personal expression in David\u2019s understanding that he has shed too much blood to build the Temple.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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David replies to God\u2019s confirmation of his dynasty in an extended prayer (verses 18-29) in which he humbly thanks God for His protection in the present as in the past. His prayer concludes with a petition: \u201cAnd now, O Lord God, fulfill Your promise to Your servant and his house forever; and do as You have promised. And may Your name be glorified forever\u2026\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Embedded in David\u2019s prayer is his description of the special relationship between Israel and God (verses 22-24): \u201cYou are great indeed, O Lord God! There is none like You and there is no other God but You, as we have always heard. And who is like Your people Israel, a unique nation on earth\u2026\u201d -- Just as there is no other God but the God of Israel, so too Israel is unique among humankind.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to the Mishnah (Sanhedrin 4:5), God\u2019s unparalleled \u201cgreatness\u201d is exemplified by His having \u201ccreated Man as an individual\u201d, i.e. in the same \u201cmold\u201d as the first man, Adam; but nevertheless each individual is unique.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the Gemara on this Mishnah (Talmud Bavli Sanhedrin 37a-39b) the particularity of Israel, reflected in David\u2019s praise of Israel as \u201ca unique nation\u201d, is cited twice in disputes between Rabbis and sectarians (minim<\/em>), i.e. those who did not accept the authority of the Rabbis. Rabbi Yohanan said: Wherever the minim<\/em> have cited Scripture to support their denial of the oneness of God, Scripture refutes their argument. A min<\/em> first cites our chapter (verse 23): \u201cAnd who is like Your people Israel, a unique nation on earth, whom God went (halkhu<\/em> \u2013 plural!) and redeemed as His people\u2026\u201d. But, Rabbi Yohanan counters that the same passage continues by repeatedly referring to God in the singular (verses 23-24): \u201c\u2026winning renown for Himself and to make for Himself a name\u2026Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt. You have established Your people Israel as Your very own people forever; and You, O Lord, have become their God\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Similarly, a Min<\/em> argued: While it is written that Israel is \u201cone nation on earth\u201d, another verse says that \u201cAll nations are as naught in His sight\u201d (Isaiah 40:17). Rav \u2018Avina\u2019 countered: But your own prophet, Balaam refers to us as \u201ca people that dwells apart, not reckoned among the nations\u201d (Numbers 23:9).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The title phrase, which appears in the lead sentence in the current chapter, innocent as it may appear, is fraught with religious significance.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Thus would R. Yehudah say: Israel was instructed [to perform] three mitzvot when they entered the land [of Israel]\u2014to appoint a king, to eradicate the seed of Amalek, and to build themselves the Chosen House [i.e., the Temple]. (Sanhedrin 20b)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Curiously, a literary link connects all three of these commandments: they are all accompanied by the phrase \u201cfrom their enemies all around.\u201d In Deut. 12:10, it precedes \u201cto the place in which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I command you;\u201d in Deut. 25:19, it is followed by \u201dyou shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky;\u201d and in 1 Samuel 12:11, it is an integral part of Samuel\u2019s address in response to the people\u2019s demand for a king.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This phrase also makes a cameo appearance at other critical moments. In Joshua 23:1, it introduces his valedictory speech as he prepared to exit from the political stage; in Judges 2:14, the recurring theme of crime, punishment, and deliverance is described as \u201cHe gave them over into the hands of their enemies round about;\u201d in Judges 8:34, after the death of Gideon, the people\u2019s ingratitude is expressed in terms of abandoning God \u201cwho had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;\u201d and in 2 Chronicles 15:15, the people rejoice in the oath administered to them by King Azaryah, because it indicates that God \u201cwas fond of them and gave them rest round about.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Here, it introduces David\u2019s unrequited desire to build the Temple. God withheld that privilege from him, but promised that it would be accomplished by a descendant: \u201cHe shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever\u201d (13). 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David is finally settled. He has built his palace, he wears his crown, he has the support of the people. Yet he is troubled by the fact that while he is settled, God is not. God appears to the prophet Nathan stating \u201cSince the Jewish people left Egypt, I have been in a state of displacement, moved around from tent to tabernacle, travelling in the desert, residing in Shiloh, but did I ever become upset at any of the leaders of Israel, by asking them why they had not made an effort to build me something befitting the King of kings?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbanit Shani Taragin speaks of the verses where God says he will choose a place to reside, asking the pivotal question of whether God chooses that place, or we have to be ready to accept that place, namely Jerusalem, and more so, choosing to build the Temple, a permanent residence for the Almighty.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is David\u2019s life ambition to display complete servitude to God, but he is told through the prophet, that while his kingship will be eternal, it will not be him who builds a house for God, rather it will be his son. God tells David that his unborn son will be like a son to him, yes, he will chastise him when he does wrong, but he will also never withdraw from him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

David realizes his role has now changed. His primary job is to understand his own history; he did not acquire his title of King as a new standalone title, rather he is meant to take his personal personas of shepherd and warrior and cement his household within the annals of the Jewish history. He is not an absolute monarch, that title will fall to his son in a way, fully cemented as one who will be settled and allow God to be settled. Rather, David is meant to steer the ship of the Children of Israel through the rough seas that will come, establishing a kingdom both in geography and name, and in turn allowing it to flourish under and eternal house.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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7:6 \u201cFor I have dwelt in no house since the day I brought up the Israelites out of Egypt until this day, but I have gone about in tent and tabernacle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Commentary: This is not, as some interpreters have claimed, the expression of a pre-Solomonic antitemple ideology. The author of this episode is faced with the difficulty of explaining a historical fact, that David did not build the temple, as we might have expected, but rather it was his son Solomon who carried out the construction. The probable historical reason was that David was too preoccupied with the struggles with his own court and family. In Chronicles, the reason given is that he had shed blood. Here, the argument God makes is that it is an act of presumption for a mere mortal to build a temple for the unhoused God of Israelite history. But this line of reasoning actually enhances the theological importance of Solomon\u2019s temple, for it suggests that God Himself will build a house when He is good and ready, using the human agency He chooses. Thus the temple that is to be raised up by David\u2019s seed will have a more than human importance, being at once a token of God\u2019s indwelling among his people Israel and a Divine underwriting of the Davidic dynasty.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cJoseph and Judah: Duelling Messiahs\u201d<\/a><\/u> by Moshe Rudin: Different pictures of redemption.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhy Can't David Build the Beit Hamikdash?\u201d<\/a><\/u> by Rachel Leshaw: What needs to happen for the Temple to be built?<\/p>\r\n

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  1. A multi-storeyed house<\/em>. The word \u201chouse\u201d appears 15 times in our chapter. Just to be clear about what we\u2019re talking about, check out all the different uses and you\u2019ll discover the various meanings of the term (palace, house, home, dynasty).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. The man and the prophet<\/em>. In verse 2, David turns to Nathan the prophet for confirmation of his plans to build a Temple. Nathan it seems answers him as a man, and not a prophet \u201cGo and do whatever you have in mind, for the LORD is with you;\u201d for that very night, Nathan receives a prophecy with a very different message...<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. A House for God?<\/em> Is it even possible to imagine a house for God? Is God interested in a house? This chapter suggests more than one answer to those questions.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
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