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Revelation in a Dream
One commentator suggests that the phrase 'the same night' indicates God's word came to Nathan in a dream. This highlights one of the various ways God communicated with His prophets in the Old Testament, using the quiet and stillness of the night for divine revelation.
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1 Chronicles
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Charles Ellicott
On 1 Chronicles 17:3
19th Century
Bishop
The same night. —The words indicate a dream as the method of communication (Job 4:13; [Reference 1 Samuel 27:…
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 17:3
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 17:1).
Matthew Henry
On 1 Chronicles 17:1–27
17th Century
Minister
This chapter is the same as 2 Samuel 7. See what is said about it there. It is very observable that what in Samuel is said to be, for thy word'…