King James Version
2 Samuel 7:1 in the King James Version says “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;” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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;”
2 Samuel 7:1 · 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;
That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“sat”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“in his house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“and the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“had given him rest”
H5117to rest, i.e., settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, l
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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