2 Samuel 7:2

Contextual Overview

¹When the king had settled into his palace and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, ¹ It happened, when the king lived in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies round about, 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; ¹ It happened that the king settled in his house. (Now Yahweh had given rest to him from all his enemies all around.) ¹ Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, ¹ King David was living in his palace, and the Lord had given him peace from all his enemies around him. ¹ The king settled into his palace, for the Lord gave him relief from all his enemies on all sides. ¹When King David lived in his house (palace) and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, ¹ Now it came about, when the king lived in his house, and the LORD had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, ¹ Afterwarde when the King sate in his house and the Lorde had giuen him rest rounde about from all his enemies,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Nathan: 2 Samuel 12:1, 1 Chronicles 29:29

I dwell: 2 Samuel 5:11, 1 Chronicles 14:1, Jeremiah 22:13-15, Haggai 1:4

the ark: Psalms 132:5, John 2:17, Acts 7:46

curtains: 2 Samuel 6:17, Exodus 26:1-14, Exodus 40:21, 1 Chronicles 16:1, 2 Chronicles 1:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 26:2 - curtain Exodus 35:17 - The hangings 1 Samuel 1:9 - General 2 Samuel 11:11 - The ark 2 Samuel 15:25 - habitation 2 Samuel 16:11 - came forth 1 Kings 1:8 - Nathan 1 Kings 1:26 - General 1 Kings 4:5 - son of Nathan 1 Kings 8:17 - General 1 Chronicles 3:5 - Nathan 1 Chronicles 13:2 - and that it be 1 Chronicles 17:1 - as David 1 Chronicles 22:7 - it was in 1 Chronicles 28:2 - I had in mine heart 2 Chronicles 6:7 - General 2 Chronicles 29:25 - Nathan Psalms 30:1 - at the Jeremiah 22:14 - ceiled with cedar Hosea 12:9 - yet Zechariah 12:12 - Nathan

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
The LORD said to Noach, "Come with all of your household into the teivah, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
Then Yahweh said to Noah, "Go—you and all your household—into the ark, for I have seen you are righteous before me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are the best person among the people of this time, so you and your family can go into the boat.

Genesis 7:1
The Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said vnto Noah, Enter thou and all thine house into the Arke: for thee haue I seene righteous before me in this age.

Genesis 7:1
Then Yahweh said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
The Lord told Noah: Take your whole family with you into the boat, because you are the only one on this earth who pleases me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That the king said unto Nathan the prophet,.... This is the first time this prophet is made mention of, but often afterwards, yet who he was, and from whence he came, is not known; he appears to be a man of great piety and prudence, as well as endowed with a prophetic spirit, and was very familiar with David, and perhaps dwelt in his palace; being a man on all accounts fit for conversation with princes, to whom David imparted what he had been meditating upon in his heart. The Jews have a tradition t that he was the same with Jonathan the son of Shimea, the brother of David, 2 Samuel 21:21; which is not very likely:

see now, I dwell in an house of cedar; made of the cedars of Lebanon; see what a spacious palace it is:

but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains; in a tabernacle within curtains, as the Targum; not the tabernacle of Moses, for that was at Gibeon, 1 Chronicles 21:29; but that which David had made for it, which consisted of curtains that were drawn around it, 2 Samuel 6:17. It gave him a concern that he should dwell in so magnificent a palace, and the ark of God should have so mean an habitation; wherefore it was upon his mind to build a grand edifice for it, and this he suggested hereby to Nathan, and so he understood him, as appears by what follows; and the rather he was led to such a thought, being now at rest and in peace; for then it was an house was to be built for God, in which he would cause his name to dwell, as David might easily learn from Deuteronomy 12:9; and who so proper to set forward such a work as a king, and he when at rest from his enemies?

t Hieron. Trad. Heb. in 2 Reg. fol. 79. M. & in lib. Paralipom. fol. 89. B. F.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nathan the prophet - Here first mentioned, but playing an important part afterward (e. g. 2 Samuel 12:1; 1Ki 1:10; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29). From the two last passages it appears that he wrote the history of David’s reign, and a part at least of Solomon’s. His distinctive title is the prophet, that of Gad the seer (compare 1 Samuel 9:9). He was probably nuch younger than David. In 2 Samuel 7:3, he spoke his own private opinion; in 2 Samuel 7:4, this was corrected by the word of the Lord.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 7:2. I dwell in a house of cedar — That is, a house whose principal beams, ceiling, and wainscot, were cedar.

Dwelleth within curtains. — Having no other residence but the tabernacle, which was a place covered with the skins of beasts, Exodus 26:14.