17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
17 Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.
17 In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.
17 Nathan gave David a complete and accurate account of everything he heard and saw in the vision.
17 According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
17 So Nathan went back to David and told him everything the Lord had said in this vision.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:17
Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:4-17
(Read 2 Samuel 7:4-17)
Blessings are promised to the family and posterity of David. These promises relate to Solomon, David's immediate successor, and the royal line of Judah. But they also relate to Christ, who is often called David and the Son of David. To him God gave all power in heaven and earth, with authority to execute judgment. He was to build the gospel temple, a house for God's name; the spiritual temple of true believers, to be a habitation of God through the Spirit. The establishing of his house, his throne, and his kingdom for ever, can be applied to no other than to Christ and his kingdom: David's house and kingdom long since came to an end. The committing iniquity cannot be applied to the Messiah himself, but to his spiritual seed; true believers have infirmities, for which they must expect to be corrected, though they are not cast off.