2 Samuel 7:3 (BSB)
And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
From 2 Samuel 7. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:3
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary 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.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments 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...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 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 (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible 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.