2Sa 7:7-8 | NET2full | STEP | Wherever I moved among all the Israelites , I did not say to any of their leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel , “ Why have you not built me a house made from cedar ?”’

2 Samuel 7:7-8

7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say ^{▼▼tn Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.} to any of their leaders ^{▼▼tn Heb “tribes of Israel” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges of Israel.”} whom I appointed to care for ^{▼▼tn Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).} my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

8 “So now, say this to my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd ^{▼▼tn Heb “and from after the sheep.”} to make you leader of my people Israel.