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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