rest of us, whose names will not be so great, Matthew Henry encourages us that ‘A man may pass through the world very obscurely and yet very comfortably.5 3. God also says that he will build a house for David (7:11–13). This ‘house’ is not a building but a dynasty. From this dynasty, after David is gone, will arise the man who will build that other house—as it turns out, Solomon’s Temple. Furthermore ‘the throne of his kingdom’ will be established by the Lord ‘for ever’. 4. God further declares that