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2 Samuel  


7 : 1 Now when the king lived in his house and theLordhad given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,
7 : 2 the king said toNathan the prophet,See now, I dwellin a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwellsin a tent.
7 : 3 And Nathan said to the king,Go, do all that is in your heart, for theLordis with you.
7 : 4 But that same night the word of theLordcame to Nathan,
7 : 5 Go and tell my servant David,Thus says theLord:Would you build me a house to dwell in?
7 : 6 I have not lived in a housesince the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving aboutin a tent for my dwelling.
7 : 7 In all places whereI have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word withany of the judgesof Israel, whom I commandedto shepherd my people Israel, saying,Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
7 : 8 Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David,Thus says theLordof hosts,I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be princeover my people Israel.
7 : 9 And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
7 : 10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israeland will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own placeand be disturbed no more.And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly,
7 : 11 from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. AndI will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, theLorddeclares to you thattheLordwill make you a house.
7 : 12 When your days are fulfilled andyou lie down with your fathers,I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
7 : 13 He shall build a house for my name, andI will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
7 : 14 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity,I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men,
7 : 15 but my steadfast love will not depart from him,as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you.
7 : 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me.Your throne shall be established forever.
7 : 17 In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.
7 : 18 Then King David went in and sat before theLordand said,Who am I, O LordGod, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
7 : 19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O LordGod.You have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O LordGod!
7 : 20 And what more can David say to you?For you know your servant, O LordGod!
7 : 21 Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
7 : 22 Therefore you are great, OLordGod.For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
7 : 23 And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a nameand doing for themgreat and awesome things by driving outbefore your people, whomyou redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods?
7 : 24 And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, OLord, became their God.
7 : 25 And now, OLordGod, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken.
7 : 26 And your name will be magnified forever, saying,TheLordof hosts is God over Israel,and the house of your servant David will be established before you.
7 : 27 For you, OLordof hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying,I will build you a house.Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.
7 : 28 And now, O LordGod, you are God, andyour words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.
7 : 29 Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O LordGod, have spoken,and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.