2 Samuel 7:4 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 7:4

But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And it came to pass that night,.... The same night following the day in which David and Nathan had had the above conversation, that neither of them might continue long in their error and mistake, and especially lest David, in his great zeal and warm affection, should take an hasty and improper step: that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan; the word of prophecy, as the Targum; before he was not under a prophetic influence, but spoke in his own words, and had not the word of God; but now it came to him: saying; as follows.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֖י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
בַּלַּ֣יְלָה	ba.Lay.lah	in the night	H3915 →
הַה֑וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
וַֽיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and it came	H1961 →
דְּבַר־	de.var-	[the] word of	H1697 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
נָתָ֖ן	na.Tan	Nathan	H5416 →
לֵאמֹֽר׃	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Amos 3:7
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
leads to
- John 15:15
  No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have…
- Genesis 18:17
  And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
- Psalms 25:14
  The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
- Revelation 1:1
  This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,
- Daniel 9:22–27
  He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.
Through
Numbers 12:6
He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
leads to
- 1 Kings 3:5
  One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
- Genesis 46:2
  And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
- Genesis 31:10–11
  When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.

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