2 Samuel 7:8
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
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Gill's Exposition
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David,.... For it was taken well at his hands, in part, that it was in his heart, and he had a desire to build an house for God, though he was wrong in…
We have here a full revelation of God's favour to David and the kind intentions of that favour, the notices and assurances of which God sent him by Nathan the prophet, whom he entrusted to deliver…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
from the sheepcote Rather, from the pasture. Cp. Psa 78:70-71.
to be ruler Cp. ch. 2Sa 5:2; 2Sa 6:21.
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