2 Samuel 7:1-3

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.” 7:3 Nathan replied to the king, “You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.”


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

tn Or “rest.”

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

tc Several medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack this word.

tn Heb “all that is in your heart.”