2 Samuel 7:4

And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,

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And it came to pass that night that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,
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1 Chronicles 17:3 ; Amos 3:7 ; Numbers 12:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The word of the Lord came — Because David's mistake was pious, and from an honest mind, God would not suffer him to lie long in it.

⁴ And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 7:4

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 7:4