2 Samuel 7:3

Nathan said, “God is looking after you. You can do anything you want to do.”

Plain English Version

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

2There was a man called Nathan. He told God’s messages to people. One day, David said to him, “Listen, I live here in this big fancy house, but God’s special box still lives in a tent. I want to build a proper house for that special box.”

4But that night God gave Nathan a dream and told him a different story.

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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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