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II SAMUEL ยท Chapter 7
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;
7:2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in
an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart;
for the LORD is with you.
7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came
unto Nathan, saying,
7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build
me an house for me to dwell in?
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.
7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of
Israel spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded
to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build all of you not me an house
of cedar?
7:8 Now therefore so shall you say unto my servant David, Thus says
the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepcote, from following the sheep,
to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
7:9 And I was with you anywhere you went, and have cut off all of your
enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name, like unto the
name of the great men that are in the earth.
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 in time
past,
7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people
Israel, and have caused you to rest from all of your enemies. Also the
LORD tells you that he will make you an house.
7:12 And when your days be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your
fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall proceed out of
your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the
throne of his kingdom for ever.
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:
7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from
Saul, whom I put away before you.
7:16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established for ever
before you: your throne shall be established for ever.
7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision,
so did Nathan speak unto David.
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 you have brought me until
now?
7:19 And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O Lord GOD; but
you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come.
And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
7:20 And what can David say more unto you? for you, Lord GOD, know
your servant.
7:21 For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you
done all these great things, to make your servant know them.
7:22 Wherefore you are great, O LORD God: for there is none like you,
neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard
with our ears.
7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like your 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 your land, before
your people, which you redeemed to you from Egypt, from the nations and
their gods?
7:24 For you have confirmed to yourself your people Israel to be a
people unto you for ever: and you, LORD, are become their God.
7:25 And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning
your servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as
you have said.
7:26 And let your name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts
is the God over Israel: and let the house of your servant David be established
before you.
7:27 For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your
servant, saying, I will build you an house: therefore has your servant
found in his heart to pray this prayer unto you.
7:28 And now, O Lord GOD, you are that God, and your words be true,
and you have promised this goodness unto your servant:
7:29 Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of your servant,
that it may continue for ever before you: for you, O Lord GOD, have spoken
it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed for
ever.
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