Book 10 : 2 SAMUEL - Chapter 007
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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.
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And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine
heart; for the LORD is with thee
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And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came
unto Nathan, saying
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Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou
build me an house for me to dwell in
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the
throne of his kingdom for ever
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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
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But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from
Saul, whom I put away before thee
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And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever
before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever
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According to all these words, and according to all this
vision, so did Nathan speak unto David
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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
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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
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And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD,
knowest thy servant
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For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast
thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know
them
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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
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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
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For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a
people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their
God
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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
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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
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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
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And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true,
and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant
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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
Book 10 : 2 SAMUEL - Chapter 007
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