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2 Samuel 7:1-5

The Lord Establishes a Covenant with David

7:1 The king settled into his palace,¹ for the Lord gave him relief² from all his enemies on all sides.³ 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 go⁴ and do whatever you have in mind,⁵ for the Lord is with you.” 7:4 That night the Lord told Nathan,⁶ 7:5 “Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?

¹tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).

²tn Or “rest.”

³tn The translation understands the disjunctive clause in v. 1b as circumstantial-causal.

⁴tc Several medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack this word.

⁵tn Heb “all that is in your heart.”

⁶tn Heb “the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to Nathan.”

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