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2Samuel 7
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God’s Covenant with David

7Now when the king was settled in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,H4428H3427H1004H3068H5117H5439H341 2the king said to the prophet Nathan, "See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent."H4428H559H5416H5030H7200H3427H1004H730H727H430H3427H8432H3407 3Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that you have in mind; for the LORD is with you."H5416H559H4428H3212H6213H3824H3068 4But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan:H3915H1697H3068H5416H559 5Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the LORD: Are you the one to build me a house to live in?H3212H559H5650H1732H559H3068H1129H1004H3427 6I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent and a tabernacle.H3427H1004H3117H5927H1121H3478H4714H3117H1980H168H4908 7Wherever I have moved about among all the people of Israel, did I ever speak a word with any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"H1980H1121H3478H1696H1697H259H7626H3478H6680H7462H5971H3478H559H1129H1004H730 8Now 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 to be prince over my people Israel;H559H5650H1732H559H3068H6635H3947H5116H310H6629H5057H5971H3478 9and 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.H1980H3772H341H6440H6213H1419H8034H8034H1419H776 10And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may live in their own place, and be disturbed no more; and evildoers shall afflict them no more, as formerly,H7760H4725H5971H3478H5193H7931H7264H1121H5766H6031H3254H7223 11from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house.H3117H6680H8199H5971H3478H5117H341H3068H5046H6213H1004 12When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.H3117H4390H7901H1H6965H2233H310H3318H4578H3559H4467 13He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.H1129H1004H8034H3559H3678H4467H5704H5769 14I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. When he commits iniquity, I will punish him with a rod such as mortals use, with blows inflicted by human beings.H1H1121H5753H3198H7626H582H5061H1121H120 15But I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you.H2617H5493H5493H7586H5493H6440 16Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me; your throne shall be established forever.H1004H4467H539H5704H5769H6440H3678H3559H5704H5769 17In accordance with all these words and with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.H1697H2384H5416H1696H1732

David’s Prayer

18Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?H935H4428H1732H3427H6440H3068H559H136H3069H1004H935H1988 19And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord GOD; you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come. May this be instruction for the people, O Lord GOD!H6994H5869H136H3069H1696H5650H1004H7350H8452H120H136H3069 20And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord GOD!H3254H1732H1696H3254H136H3069H3045H5650 21Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have wrought all this greatness, so that your servant may know it.H1697H3820H6213H1420H5650H3045 22Therefore you are great, O LORD God; for there is no one like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.H1431H3068H430H430H2108H8085H241 23Who is like your people, like Israel? Is there another nation on earth whose God went to redeem it as a people, and to make a name for himself, doing great and awesome things for them, by driving out before his people nations and their gods?H259H1471H776H5971H3478H430H1980H6299H5971H7760H8034H6213H1420H3372H776H6440H5971H6299H4714H1471H430 24And you established your people Israel for yourself to be your people forever; and you, O LORD, became their God.H3559H5971H3478H5971H5704H5769H3068H1961H430 25And now, O LORD God, as for the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, confirm it forever; do as you have promised.H3068H430H1697H1696H5650H1004H6965H5704H5769H6213H1696 26Thus your name will be magnified forever in the saying, 'The LORD of hosts is God over Israel'; and the house of your servant David will be established before you.H8034H1431H5704H5769H559H3068H6635H430H3478H1004H5650H1732H3559H6440 27For you, O LORD of 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.H3068H6635H430H3478H1540H241H5650H559H1129H1004H5650H4672H3820H6419H8605 28And now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant;H136H3069H430H1697H571H1696H2896H5650 29now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you; for you, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever."H2974H1288H1004H5650H5769H6440H136H3069H1696H1293H1004H5650H1288H5769


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