| II Samuel 7:3
| And Nathan said to the king: Go, do all that is in thy heart: because the Lord is with thee.
| Thee. David did not, perhaps, consult him as a prophet; and Nathan thought that the proposal was so just, that it might be safely carried into effect. The prophets are not inspired in all their actions. Joseph was of a different opinion from his father, Genesis 48:19. Samuel supposed that Eliab should have been king; (1 Kings 16:6,) and Eliseus confesses, that God had concealed from him the affliction of the woman with whom he lodged, 4 Kings 4:24. (Calmet) --- God afterwards sent the same Nathan to rectify his former decision, that he might not pass sentence, in future, without consulting him. (Menochius)
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