The Lord's Covenant with David
1sNow when the king lived in his house and the Lord thad given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, 2the king said to uNathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell vin a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells win a tent.” 3And Nathan said to the king, x“Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”
4But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, 5“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: yWould you build me a house to dwell in? 6I have not lived in a house zsince the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about ain a tent for my dwelling. 7In all places where bI have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with cany of the judges1 of Israel, whom I commanded dto shepherd my people Israel, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’
Footnotes
- 1 7:7 Compare 1 Chronicles 17:6; Hebrew tribes
God’s Perspective on David’s Proposal
2 Samuel 7:1–7 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 45:29 • ID: 3477
The Partial Kingdom: God’s King
Judges 1:1 – 2 Chronicles 36:23 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 44:21 • ID: 2389
A Study in 1 and 2 Samuel, Volume 6
The Davidic Covenant 2 Samuel 7:1–29 Series • ID: 109016
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