2 Kings 20:1-5; Amos 3:7; Isaiah 30:21; Numbers 12:6
And it came to pass the same (d) night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, (d) After Nathan had spoken to David.
Davids Purpose to Build a Temple is Hindered by Nathan; God's Promise to him; his Prayer (see notes on 2 Samuel 7). 1 Chronicles 17:1 . in his...
Nathan. Some codices, with Syriac, add "the prophet".
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. No JFB commentary on these verses.
David's desire to build the Temple disallowed This chapter is almost identical with 2 Samuel 7:1-29 .
The same night. — The words indicate a dream as the method of communication ( Job 4:13 ; 1 Samuel 27:6 ).
The presence of the Ark in the city seems to have created in David the desire to provide for it a permanent and more worthy resting place. He declare...
But, Reader, if we pause to admire the conduct of Nathan, what a pause of admiration ought we to make here, in contemplating the goodness, the grace,...
See Gill "1Ch 17:1".
God's Promise to David. B. C. 1042. 1...
No text from Poole on this verse.
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter coincides with 2 Samuel 7 —records David’s purpose to build a house for God ( 1 Chronicles 17:1-2 ), and Nathan’s appr...
REFLECTIONS . In a temporal view the promise made to David, that his house should for ever fill the throne of Israel, must be regarded as a branch o...
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house. The king’s proposal I. David’s proposal. 1. A noble purpose. 2. A generous purpose. 3....
EXPOSITION This chapter is paralleled by 2 Samuel 7:1-10 ; and the parallel is for the most part very close. The purport of the two accounts ma...
David Forbidden to Build God a House
And it came to pass the same night that the word of God came to Nathan, in a direct Revelation saying,
3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,