2Samuel 7

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(2sa 7:1) And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
(2sa 7:2) That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
(2sa 7:3) And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that {is} in thine heart; for the Lord {is} with thee.
(2sa 7:4) And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,
(2sa 7:5) Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
(2sa 7:6) Whereas I have not dwelt in {any} house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
(2sa 7:7) In all {the places} wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
(2sa 7:8) Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
(2sa 7:9) And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great {men} that {are} in the earth.
(2sa 7:10) Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
(2sa 7:11) And as since the time that I commanded judges {to be} over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
(2sa 7:12) And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
(2sa 7:13) He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
(2sa 7:14) I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
(2sa 7:15) But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took {it} from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
(2sa 7:16) And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
(2sa 7:17) According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
(2sa 7:18) Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who {am} I, O Lord God? and what {is} my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
(2sa 7:19) And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And {is} this the manner of man, O Lord God?
(2sa 7:20) And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant.
(2sa 7:21) For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know {them}.
(2sa 7:22) Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for {there is} none like thee, neither {is there any} God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
(2sa 7:23) And what one nation in the earth {is} like thy people, {even} like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, {from} the nations and their gods?
(2sa 7:24) For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel {to be} a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God.
(2sa 7:25) And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish {it} for ever, and do as thou hast said.
(2sa 7:26) And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts {is} the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
(2sa 7:27) For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
(2sa 7:28) And now, O Lord God, thou {art} that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
(2sa 7:29) Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken {it}: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
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