2 Samuel 7:3

And Nathan said to the king: 'Go, do all that is in thy heart; for the LORD is with thee.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.

In Context

2that the king said unto Nathan the prophet: 'See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.'

4And it came to pass the same night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying:

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:7And his armour-bearer said unto him: 'Do all that is in thy heart; turn thee, behold I am with thee according to thy heart.'

1 Kings 1:8But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men that belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

1 Kings 8:18But the LORD said unto David my father: Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for My name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart;

1 Chronicles 22:7And David said to Solomon: 'My son, as for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God.

1 Chronicles 29:29Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the words of Samuel the seer, and in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Gad the seer;

Psalms 20:4(20-5) Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:2-4

David's Care of the Ark. ( b. c. 1042.) 1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies; 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee. Here is, I. David at rest. He sat in his house ( v. 1 ), quiet and undisturbed, having no occasion to take the field: The Lord had given… Read the whole commentary →

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