Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 7:16

16 And thine house, and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee : thy throne shall be established for ever.

Thine Eyes in some sort beholding it: for he lived to see his Wise and Godly Son Solomon actually placed in the Throne, with great reputation and general applause, 1 King. 1. 39, 40. which was in it self a good presage of the continuance of the Kingdom in his Family; and being considered together with the infallible certainty of Gods promise to him and his for ever, of the accomplishment whereof, this was an earnest, gave him good assurance thereof; especially considering that he had his eyes and thoughts upon the Messiah, Psal. 110. 1, &c. whose day he saw by Faith, as Abraham did, Ioh. 8. 56. and whom he knew that God would raise out of the fruit of his Loins to sit on his Throne, as is affirmed, Act. 2. 30. and that for ever: and so the Eternity of his Kingdom is rightly said to be before him. The LXX and Syriack read before me, which is an usual Phrase, which makes no great variation in the Hebrew Text.

Marginal references: 1 King. 1. [illegible: 1 word]