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2Samuel 7
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David Plans to Build the Temple

7After the king had settled down in his palace and the Lord had given him respite from all of his surrounding enemies,H4428H3427H1004H3068H5117H5439H341
2he said to the prophet Nathan, "Look now, I'm living in a cedar palace, but the ark of God resides behind a tent curtain."H4428H559H5416H5030H7200H3427H1004H730H727H430H3427H8432H3407
3Nathan replied to the king, "Go do everything you have in mind, because the Lord is with you."H5416H559H4428H3212H6213H3824H3068
4But later that same night, this message came to Nathan from the Lord:H3915H1697H3068H5416H559
5"Go tell my servant David, 'This is what the Lord says: "'"Are you going to build a temple for me to inhabit?H3212H559H5650H1732H559H3068H1129H1004H3427
6After all, I haven't lived in a temple since the day I brought up the Israelites from Egypt until now. Instead, I've moved around in a tent or tabernacle.H3427H1004H3117H5927H1121H3478H4714H3117H1980H168H4908
7Wherever I moved among the Israelites, did I ever ask even one tribal leader of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, 'Why haven't you built me a cedar temple?'H1980H1121H3478H1696H1697H259H7626H3478H6680H7462H5971H3478H559H1129H1004H730
8"'"Now therefore this is what you are to tell my servant David: 'This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says: "I took you from the pasture myself - from tending sheep - to become commander-in-chief over my people, that is, over Israel.H559H5650H1732H559H3068H6635H3947H5116H310H6629H5057H5971H3478
9"'"Furthermore, I have remained with you everywhere you have gone, annihilating all your enemies right in front of you. I will make a great reputation for you, like the reputation of great ones who have lived on earth.H1980H3772H341H6440H6213H1419H8034H8034H1419H776
10I will establish a homeland for my people - for Israel - planting them so they may live in a secure location where they will never be disturbed anymore. Wicked people will no longer afflict them, as happened in the pastH7760H4725H5971H3478H5193H7931H7264H1121H5766H6031H3254H7223
11when I had commanded judges to administer my people Israel. I'll also grant you relief from all your enemies."' "'The Lord also announces to you: "The Lord will craft a dynasty for you.H3117H6680H8199H5971H3478H5117H341H3068H5046H6213H1004
12When your life is complete and you go to join your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who will come forth from your body, and I will fortify his kingdom.H3117H4390H7901H1H6965H2233H310H3318H4578H3559H4467
13He will build a temple dedicated to my Name, and I will make the throne of his kingdom last forever.H1129H1004H8034H3559H3678H4467H5704H5769
14I will be a father to him, and he will be to me a son who, when he commits iniquity, I will discipline with the rod wielded by armies and with wounds inflicted by human beings.H1H1121H5753H3198H7626H582H5061H1121H120
15But I'll never remove my gracious love from him as I did from Saul, whom I removed from your presence.H2617H5493H5493H7586H5493H6440
16Your dynasty and your kingdom will remain forever in my presence - your throne will be secure forever."'"H1004H4467H539H5704H5769H6440H3678H3559H5704H5769
17Nathan communicated this complete oracle to David with precisely these words.H1697H2384H5416H1696H1732

David’s Prayer

18Then King David went in to the presence of the Lord, sat down, and said: "Who am I, Lord God, and what is my household, since you have brought me to this?H935H4428H1732H3427H6440H3068H559H136H3069H1004H935H1988
19And this is still a small thing to you, Lord God, and yet you have spoken to your servant's household for a great while to come, and this is the charter of mankind, Lord God.H6994H5869H136H3069H1696H5650H1004H7350H8452H120H136H3069
20"What more can David say to you, and you surely know your servant, Lord God.H3254H1732H1696H3254H136H3069H3045H5650
21For the sake of your word and consistent with your desire, you have done all of these great things, informing your servant.H1697H3820H6213H1420H5650H3045
22And therefore you are great, Lord God, there is no one like you, there is no God except for you, just as we've heard with our own ears.H1431H3068H430H430H2108H8085H241
23"And who is like your people, like Israel, the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, to make a name for himself, and to carry out for them great and awe-inspiring accomplishments, driving out nations and their gods in front of your people, whom you redeemed to yourself from Egypt?H259H1471H776H5971H3478H430H1980H6299H5971H7760H8034H6213H1420H3372H776H6440H5971H6299H4714H1471H430
24You have prepared your people Israel to be your very own people for ever, and you, Lord, have become their God!H3559H5971H3478H5971H5704H5769H3068H1961H430
25"And now, Lord God, let what you have spoken concerning your servant and his household be done - and let it be done just as you've promised.H3068H430H1697H1696H5650H1004H6965H5704H5769H6213H1696
26May your name be made great forever with the result that it is said that the Lord of the Heavenly Armies is God over Israel, and that the household of your servant David may be established before you.H8034H1431H5704H5769H559H3068H6635H430H3478H1004H5650H1732H3559H6440
27For you, Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant, telling him, 'I will build a dynasty for you,' so that your servant has found fortitude to pray this prayer to you.H3068H6635H430H3478H1540H241H5650H559H1129H1004H5650H4672H3820H6419H8605
28"Now therefore, Lord God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have spoken to your servant these good things.H136H3069H430H1697H571H1696H2896H5650
29So may it please you to bless the household of your servant, so that it might remain forever in your presence, because you, Lord God, have spoken, and from your blessing may the household of your servant be blessed forever."H2974H1288H1004H5650H5769H6440H136H3069H1696H1293H1004H5650H1288H5769


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