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2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 7
David being at rest desires to build God a house; which Nathan at first approves of; afterwards, in obedience to the word of God, forbiddeth him 2Sa_7:1-11. He promiseth him benefits and blessings in his seed, Solomon and the Messiah, who should build the house of God, 2Sa_7:12-17. David’s prayer and thanksgiving, 2Sa_7:18-29.
When the king sat in his house, i.e. was settled and warm in the house which Hiram’s men built for him, 2Sa_5:11; then he reflected upon the unhandsome and unsettled state of the ark. From all his enemies, Philistines, Moabites, and others; so that they durst not invade his land, as they had formerly done; for though you read of David’s wars with them, 2Sa 8, yet in them David was the aggressor, and entered their lands.