Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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2 Samuel 7:18
Sat before the Lord - In the tent where the ark was. Standing or kneeling was the usual attitude of prayer (I Kings 8:22, I Kings 8:54-55; but compare Exodus 17:12). Modern commentators mostly take the word here in the sense of waiting, abiding, not sitting: but sat is the natural rendering. David sat down to meditate, and then rose up to pray.
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