“When the king lived in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies all around,”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 7 contains 29 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.