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God’s Covenant with David

Now when the king was settled in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him,(A) the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.”(B) Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.”(C)

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The Lord’s Covenant Promise to David

When King David was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all the surrounding enemies, the king summoned Nathan the prophet. “Look,” David said, “I am living in a beautiful cedar palace,[a] but the Ark of God is out there in a tent!”

Nathan replied to the king, “Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 7:2 Hebrew a house of cedar.