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he[a] told the prophet Nathan, “Look now, I’m living in a cedar palace, but the Ark of God resides behind[b] a tent[c] curtain.”

Nathan replied to the king, “Go do everything you have in mind,[d] because the Lord is with you.”

But later that same night, this message came to Nathan from the Lord:

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 7:2 Lit. the king
  2. 2 Samuel 7:2 Lit. between
  3. 2 Samuel 7:2 The Heb. lacks tent
  4. 2 Samuel 7:3 Lit. heart

he said to Nathan(A) the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house(B) of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”(C)

Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind,(D) go ahead and do it, for the Lord is with you.”

But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:

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