2 Samuel 7:3 (LSB)

Passage

So Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for Yahweh is with you.”

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 7:1 Now it happened when the king inhabited his house, and Yahweh had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,

2 Samuel 7:2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I inhabit a house of cedar, but the ark of God inhabits tent curtains.”

2 Samuel 7:3 So Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for Yahweh is with you.”

2 Samuel 7:4 Now it happened in the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying,

2 Samuel 7:5 “Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Are you the one who would build Me a house to inhabit?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nathan", "said", "king", "heart", and "yahweh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nathan" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "that the king said to Nathan the..." into verse 4's "Now it happened in the same night...", so "nathan" and "said" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "nathan" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.