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David Plans to Build a Temple

7Now it came about when the king lived in his house, and the LORD had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,H4428H3427H1004H3068H5117H5439H341 2that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains."H4428H559H5416H5030H7200H3427H1004H730H727H430H3427H8432H3407 3And Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your mind, for the LORD is with you."H5416H559H4428H3212H6213H3824H3068 4But it came about in the same night that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,H3915H1697H3068H5416H559 5"Go and say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD," Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in?H3212H559H5650H1732H559H3068H1129H1004H3427 6"For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about in a tent, even in a tabernacle.H3427H1004H3117H5927H1121H3478H4714H3117H1980H168H4908 7"Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?'" 'H1980H1121H3478H1696H1697H259H7626H3478H6680H7462H5971H3478H559H1129H1004H730

God’s Covenant with David

8"Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts," I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over My people Israel.H559H5650H1732H559H3068H6635H3947H5116H310H6629H5057H5971H3478 9"And I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the names of the great men who are on the earth.H1980H3772H341H6440H6213H1419H8034H8034H1419H776 10"I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will the wicked afflict them any more as formerly,H7760H4725H5971H3478H5193H7931H7264H1121H5766H6031H3254H7223 11even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you.H3117H6680H8199H5971H3478H5117H341H3068H5046H6213H1004 12"When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom.H3117H4390H7901H1H6965H2233H310H3318H4578H3559H4467 13"He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.H1129H1004H8034H3559H3678H4467H5704H5769 14"I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men,H1H1121H5753H3198H7626H582H5061H1121H120 15but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took [it] away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.H2617H5493H5493H7586H5493H6440 16"And your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever." '"H1004H4467H539H5704H5769H6440H3678H3559H5704H5769 17In accordance with all these words and all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.H1697H2384H5416H1696H1732

David’s Prayer

18Then David the king went 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 this far?H935H4428H1732H3427H6440H3068H559H136H3069H1004H935H1988 19"And yet this was insignificant in Thine eyes, O Lord GOD, for Thou hast spoken also of the house of Thy servant concerning the distant future. And this is the custom of man, O Lord GOD.H6994H5869H136H3069H1696H5650H1004H7350H8452H120H136H3069 20"And again what more can David say to Thee? For Thou knowest Thy servant, O Lord GOD!H3254H1732H1696H3254H136H3069H3045H5650 21"For the sake of Thy word, and according to Thine own heart, Thou hast done all this greatness to let Thy servant know.H1697H3820H6213H1420H5650H3045 22"For this reason Thou art great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like Thee, and there is no God besides Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.H1431H3068H430H430H2108H8085H241 23"And what one nation on the earth is like Thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for Thee and awesome things for Thy land, before Thy people whom Thou hast redeemed for Thyself from Egypt, [from] nations and their gods?H259H1471H776H5971H3478H430H1980H6299H5971H7760H8034H6213H1420H3372H776H6440H5971H6299H4714H1471H430 24"For Thou hast established for Thyself Thy people Israel as Thine own people forever, and Thou, O LORD, hast become their God.H3559H5971H3478H5971H5704H5769H3068H1961H430 25"Now therefore, O LORD God, the word that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant and his house, confirm [it] forever, and do as Thou hast spoken,H3068H430H1697H1696H5650H1004H6965H5704H5769H6213H1696 26that Thy name may be magnified forever, by saying, 'The LORD of hosts is God over Israel'; and may the house of Thy servant David be established before Thee.H8034H1431H5704H5769H559H3068H6635H430H3478H1004H5650H1732H3559H6440 27"For Thou, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, hast made a revelation to Thy servant, saying, 'I will build you a house'; therefore Thy servant has found courage to pray this prayer to Thee.H3068H6635H430H3478H1540H241H5650H559H1129H1004H5650H4672H3820H6419H8605 28"And now, O Lord GOD, Thou art God, and Thy words are truth, and Thou hast promised this good thing to Thy servant.H136H3069H430H1697H571H1696H2896H5650 29"Now therefore, may it please Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may continue forever before Thee. For Thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken; and with Thy blessing may the house of Thy servant be blessed forever."H2974H1288H1004H5650H5769H6440H136H3069H1696H1293H1004H5650H1288H5769


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