2 Samuel 7:3

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Nathan	נָתָן֙ na.Tan	H5416	Nathan · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
king	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
do	עֲשֵׂ֑ה 'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
heart	בִּֽלְבָבְךָ֖ bil.va.ve.Kha	H3824	the heart (as the most interior organ) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 22:7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
1 Kings 8:17-18 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
1 Chronicles 28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house…
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth…
2 Kings 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God sai…
1 Samuel 10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
Psalms 20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
Psalms 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:1-3

Here is, I. David at rest. He sat in his house (Sa2 7:1), quiet and undisturbed, having no occasion to take the field: The Lord had given him rest round about, from all those that were enemies to his settlement in the throne, and he set himself to enjoy that rest. Though he was a man of war, he was for peace (Psa 120:7) and did not delight in war. He had not been long at rest, nor was it long before he was again engaged in war; but at present he enjoyed a calm, and he was in his element when he was sitting in his house, meditating in the law of God. II. David's thought of building a temple for the honour of God. He had built a palace for himself and a city for his servants; and now he thinks…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 7:3

Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart--The piety of the design commended it to the prophet's mind, and he gave his hasty approval and encouragement to the royal plans. The prophets, when following the impulse of their own feelings, or forming conjectural opinions, fell into frequent mistakes. (See on Sa1 16:6; Kg2 4:27).

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 7:3

Nathan said to the king - In this case he gave his judgment as a pious and prudent man, not as a prophet; for the prophets were not always under a Divine afflatus; it was only at select times they were thus honored. For the Lord is with thee - Thou hast his blessing in all that thou doest, and this pious design of thine will most certainly meet with his approbation.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 7:3

And Nathan said to the king, go, do till that is in thine heart,.... He perceived it was in his heart to build an house for God; he knew an house was to be built at one time or another, by some person or another; he knew it was a good work, and fit for a king to do, and might think this was a proper time any, he being at leisure, and therefore encouraged him to it: but inasmuch as the time when and the person by whom this was to be built were not pointed out particularly in the word of God, David and he should have consulted the Lord about it; in this they erred, and for which they were tacitly reproved; for, as the event shows, this was not the time when, nor David the person by whom, it wa…

The Church Fathers

The spirit of prophecy doth not always illuminate the minds of the prophets; because, as it is written of the Holy Ghost that he breatheth where he will, so we are also to know that he doth breathe likewise for what cause, and when he pleaseth. And hereof it cometh, that when king David demanded of Nathan whether he might build a temple for the honour of God, the prophet Nathan gave his consent; and yet afterward utterly forbad it.
— Gregory the Dialogist, Dialogues, Book 2, Chapter 21

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Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Nathan — Given. (1.) A prophet in the reigns of David and Solomon (2 Chr. 9:29). He is first spoken of in connection with the arrangements David made for the building of the temple (2 Sam. 7:2, 3, 17), and…
Nathan · .His message to David concerning the building of a temple — .His message to David concerning the building of a temple
Temple · .David un — .David un

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 7:3

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 7:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 7:3

John Gill on 2 Samuel 7:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 7:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 7:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 7:3

John Gill on 2 Samuel 7:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 7:1-3

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 7:3

Rashi on 2 Samuel 7:1