2 Samuel 7:6-7

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

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

David’s Cabinet

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

[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.”