When the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies all around,
Parallel translations
- KJV And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
- BSB After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
- NKJV Now it came to pass when the king was dwelling in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies all around,
- NASB Now it came about, when the king lived in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,
- NLT When King David was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all the surrounding enemies,
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Quick answer
Now settled in his palace with rest from his enemies, David enjoyed the peace God had given. This calm sets the stage for God's great covenant promise.
Overview
The 'rest' from surrounding enemies fulfills God's promise of a secure dwelling for Israel (Deuteronomy 12:10) and marks a high point of David's reign. From this place of peace and gratitude David begins to consider building a house for God. The settled rest also foreshadows the greater, eternal rest God's people find in Christ (Hebrews 4:9-10).
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- Prov 16:7When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
- Luke 1:74–75to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
- 1 Kgs 5:4But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side. There is no enemy and no evil occurrence.
- 2 Chr 14:6He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.
- 1 Chr 17:1–27When David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of Yahweh’s covenant is in a tent.”
- Ps 18:1For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
- Josh 23:1After many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,
- Dan 4:29–30At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.
- Josh 21:44Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.
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God's covenant with David — a son whose throne and kingdom would last forever (7:12–16) — finds its yes in Jesus, the Son of David who reigns without end.
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