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2 Samuel 7:1–3

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The Lord Establishes a Covenant with David

7:1The king settled into his palace,1 for the Lord gave him relief2 from all his enemies on all sides.37:2The king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent.” 7:3Nathan replied to the king, “You should go4 and do whatever you have in mind,5 for the Lord is with you.”

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2 Samuel 7:3: And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”

Footnotes

  1. 1 Heb “house” (also in the following verse).
  2. 2 Or “rest.”
  3. 3 The translation understands the disjunctive clause in v. 1b as circumstantial-causal.
  4. 4 Several medieval Hebrew and the lack this word.
  5. 5 Heb “all that is in your heart.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.” And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

After the king was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the Lord is with you.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the king had settled into his palace and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, the king said to the prophet Nathan, “Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”

So Nathan told the king, “Go and do all that is on your mind, for the Lord is with you.”

NLTNew Living Translation

When King David was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all the surrounding enemies, the king summoned Nathan the prophet. “Look,” David said, “I am living in a beautiful cedar palace, but the Ark of God is out there in a tent!”

Nathan replied to the king, “Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

It happened that the king settled in his house. (Now Yahweh had given rest to him from all his enemies all around.) And the king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, please, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is staying in the middle of the tent.” Nathan said to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for Yahweh is with you.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies; That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee.