2 Samuel 7:1

Yahweh Makes a Covenant with David

1 It happened that the king settled in his house. (Now Yahweh had given rest to him from all his enemies all around.)

2 Samuel 7:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 7:1

And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house
Which Hiram's servants had built for him, having no occasion to go out to war:

and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
both at home and abroad; though this rest and peace did not last long; for the next chapter gives an account of each of the people he was engaged in war with, ( 2 Samuel 8:1-18 ) .

2 Samuel 7:1 In-Context

1 It happened that the king settled in his house. (Now Yahweh had given rest to him from all his enemies all around.)

2 And the king said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, please, I [am] living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God [is] staying in the middle of the tent."

3 Nathan said to the king, "Go and do all that [is] in your heart, for Yahweh [is] with you."

4 But it happened {that night}, the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying,

5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh: "[Are] you the one to build for me a house for my dwelling?