2 Samuel 7:3

7:3 Nathan replied to the king, “You should go 1  and do whatever you have in mind, 2  for the Lord is with you.”

2 Samuel 7:1

The Lord Establishes a Covenant with David

7:1 The king settled into his palace, 3  for the Lord gave him relief 4  from all his enemies on all sides. 5 

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

2 tn Heb “all that is in your heart.”

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

4 tn Or “rest.”

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