Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
⛓ Read Psalm 132 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Quotation1
A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.
'God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body (loins)... he would set one on his throne' (v.30) is a near-verbatim echo of Psalm 132:11 LXX (God's sworn oath to David, 'of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne'). High verbal volume in the oath-and-throne clause; thematic coherence with the Davidic-messianic argument is exact. Functions as an embedded citation alongside the Nathan oracle.
High confidenceAllusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'The LORD swore to David... one of the fruit of your body I will set on your throne' supplies the sworn promise of a descendant, reinforcing the seed-of-David savior. Recurrence with 2 Sam 7.
Medium confidenceEcho3
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'The fruit of your body I will set on your throne' restates the sworn promise of a Davidic heir behind 'of the seed of David.' A liturgical witness to the covenant Paul presupposes.
Medium confidence'The LORD swore to David... one of the fruit of your body I will set on your throne' is another locus of the Davidic-seed oath underlying 'the seed of David' (v.42). The Bethlehem/David pairing coheres with the throne-promise. Offered as a member of the Davidic-covenant cluster the crowd's scriptural objection presupposes.
Medium confidence'The LORD swore to David... one of your own offspring I will set on your throne' is a further scriptural warrant for the 'son of David' messianism the riddle interrogates. Low volume, secondary to 2 Samuel 7, and inferential.
Low confidence