2 Kings 7:4
But it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Factum est autem in illa nocte : et ecce sermo Domini ad Nathan, dicens :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ ἐγένετο τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ καὶ ἐγένετο ῥῆμα Κυρίου πρὸς Ναθὰν λέγων
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיְהִ֖י בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֑וּא וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר יְהוָ֔ה אֶל נָתָ֖ן לֵאמֹֽר
The Fathers on this verse
St Cyprian Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews, Testimony XV
In the second book of Kings: “And the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in; but it shall be, when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall come from thy bowels, and I will make ready his kingdom. He shall build me an house in my name, and I will raise up his throne for ever; and I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to me for a son: and his house shall obtain confidence, and his kingdom for evermore in my sight.” Also in the Gospel the Lord says: “There shall not be left in the temple one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.” And “After three days another shall be raised up without hands.”
Lactantius The Divine Institutes, Chap. XIII. Of Jesus, God and man; and the testimonies of the prophets concerning him
Also in the second book of Kings, the prophet Nathan was sent to David , who wished to build a temple for God; and this was the word of the Lord to Nathan , saying: “Go and tell my servant David , Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Thou shall not build me a house for me to dwell in; but when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, and I will establish His kingdom. He shall build me a house for my name, and I will set up His throne for ever; and I will be to Him for a father, and He shall be to me for a son; and His house shall be established, and His kingdom for ever.” But the reason why the Jews did not understand these things was this, because Solomon the son of David built a temple for God, and the city which he called from his own name, Jerusalem. Therefore they referred the predictions of the prophets to him. …
The Fathers are given as they wrote. Where a passage lays the Passion on the Jewish people, the Church teaches that it cannot be charged against all the Jews then living, nor against the Jews of today, and that all sinners were its authors (CCC 597, 598).