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Chapter 7
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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; |
2
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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. |
3
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And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine
heart; for the LORD is with thee. |
4
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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? |
6
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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. |
7
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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? |
8
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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: |
9
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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. |
10
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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, |
11
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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. |
12
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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. |
13
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He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish
the throne of his kingdom for ever. |
14
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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:
2 Cor 6:18 |
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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. |
17
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According to all these words, and according to all this
vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. |
18
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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? |
19
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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? |
20
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And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord
GOD, knowest thy servant. |
21
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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. |
23
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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. |
27
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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. |
