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2 Samuel 7:6-7

Context
7:6 I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent. 1  7:7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say 2  to any of the leaders 3  whom I appointed to care for 4  my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

2 Samuel 7:1

Context
The Lord Establishes a Covenant with David

7:1 The king settled into his palace, 5  for the Lord gave him relief 6  from all his enemies on all sides. 7 

2 Samuel 8:16

Context
David’s Cabinet

8:16 Joab son of Zeruiah was general in command of 8  the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;

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[7:6]  1 tn Heb “in a tent and in a dwelling.” The expression is a hendiadys, using two terms to express one idea.

[7:7]  2 tn Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.

[7:7]  3 tn Heb “tribes” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges.”

[7:7]  4 tn Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).

[7:1]  5 tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).

[7:1]  6 tn Or “rest.”

[7:1]  7 tn The translation understands the disjunctive clause in v. 1b as circumstantial-causal.

[8:16]  8 tn Heb “was over.”



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