2 Samuel 7:1-2

The Lord Establishes a Covenant with David

7:1 The king settled into his palace, for the Lord gave him relief from all his enemies on all sides. 7:2 The 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.”


tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).

tn Or “rest.”

tn The translation understands the disjunctive clause in v. 1b as circumstantial-causal.