2Sa 7:1-5, 24:11-13, 1Ki 13:1, 18:1, 2Ki 1:3 | ESV | STEP | Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies ,

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2 Samuel 7:1-5

The Lord’s Covenant with David

1 ^aNow when the king lived in his house and the Lord ^bhad given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, 2 the king said to ^cNathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell ^din a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells ^ein a tent.” 3 And Nathan said to the king, ^f“Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”

4 But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, 5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: ^gWould you build me a house to dwell in?

2 Samuel 24:11-13

11 And when David arose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to ^hthe prophet Gad, David’s ⁱseer, saying, 12 “Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the Lord, Three things I offer ^{▼▼Or hold over} you. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.’” 13 So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, “Shall ^kthree ^{▼▼Compare 1 Chronicles 21:12, Septuagint; Hebrew seven} years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ pestilence in your land? Now consider, and decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me.”

1 Kings 13:1

A Man of God Confronts Jeroboam

1 And behold, ^ma man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar ⁿto make offerings.

1 Kings 18:1

Elijah Confronts Ahab

1 ^oAfter many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.”

2 Kings 1:3

3 But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah ^pthe Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of ^qBaal-zebub, the god of Ekron?