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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues describing his promises to King David through the prophet Nathan.
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# When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers
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These two phrases have similar meanings and are combined for emphasis. They both are polite ways to refer to death and dying. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])
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# I will raise up a descendant after you
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Yahweh appointing David's descendant is spoken of as if Yahweh would raise or lift him up. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# one who will come out from your body
This is an idiom that means the person will be David's descendant. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# I will establish his kingdom
Here "his kingdom" represents his power to rule. Alternate translation: "I will make him to be a very powerful king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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