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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 7:3

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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7:3 Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind: Nathan’s counsel to David was Nathan’s own idea. As it turned out, God disqualified David from building the Temple (see 1 Chr 22:8). Even true prophets are fallible when speaking on their own initiative rather than from God’s revelation.
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