And he said to me: Solomon thy son shall build my house, and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be a father to him.

and saith to me, Solomon thy son, he doth build My house, and My courts, for I have fixed on him to Me for a son, and I, I am to him for a father,

And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.

Besides the message sent to David through Nathan, he had a revelation, of which we have only the indirect account given here and in 1-Chronicles 22:8-10 (see the note). He was told that one of his sons should be raised up to fill his throne after him, and should build the temple. In the second revelation it was distinctly declared to him that the son intended was Solomon.
My house and my courts - i. e., the temple and the courts of the temple (see 2-Chronicles 4:9).

And he said unto me, Solomon that son, he shall build my house,.... See 2-Samuel 7:13.
and my courts; in the house or temple:
for I have chosen him to be my son; predestinated him to the adoption of children, Ephesians 1:5.
and I will be his father; see 2-Samuel 7:14.

My house, &c. - So was he a figure of him that was to come, who is both the founder and the foundation of the gospel - temple.