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2Samuel 7
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7And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;H4428H3427H1004H3068H5117H5439H341
2That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.H4428H559H5416H5030H7200H3427H1004H730H727H430H3427H8432H3407
3And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.H5416H559H4428H3212H6213H3824H3068
4And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,H3915H1697H3068H5416H559
5Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? / my servant…: Heb. to my servant, to DavidH3212H559H5650H1732H559H3068H1129H1004H3427
6Whereas 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.H3427H1004H3117H5927H1121H3478H4714H3117H1980H168H4908
7In 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? / any of…: any of the judgesH1980H1121H3478H1696H1697H259H7626H3478H6680H7462H5971H3478H559H1129H1004H730
8Now 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: / from following: Heb. from afterH559H5650H1732H559H3068H6635H3947H5116H310H6629H5057H5971H3478
9And 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. / out of…: Heb. from thy faceH1980H3772H341H6440H6213H1419H8034H8034H1419H776
10Moreover 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,H7760H4725H5971H3478H5193H7931H7264H1121H5766H6031H3254H7223
11And 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.H3117H6680H8199H5971H3478H5117H341H3068H5046H6213H1004
12And 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.H3117H4390H7901H1H6965H2233H310H3318H4578H3559H4467
13He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.H1129H1004H8034H3559H3678H4467H5704H5769
14I 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:H1H1121H5753H3198H7626H582H5061H1121H120
15But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.H2617H5493H5493H7586H5493H6440
16And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.H1004H4467H539H5704H5769H6440H3678H3559H5704H5769
17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.H1697H2384H5416H1696H1732
18Then 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?H935H4428H1732H3427H6440H3068H559H136H3069H1004H935H1988
19And 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? / manner: Heb. lawH6994H5869H136H3069H1696H5650H1004H7350H8452H120H136H3069
20And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.H3254H1732H1696H3254H136H3069H3045H5650
21For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.H1697H3820H6213H1420H5650H3045
22Wherefore 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.H1431H3068H430H430H2108H8085H241
23And 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?H259H1471H776H5971H3478H430H1980H6299H5971H7760H8034H6213H1420H3372H776H6440H5971H6299H4714H1471H430
24For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.H3559H5971H3478H5971H5704H5769H3068H1961H430
25And 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.H3068H430H1697H1696H5650H1004H6965H5704H5769H6213H1696
26And 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.H8034H1431H5704H5769H559H3068H6635H430H3478H1004H5650H1732H3559H6440
27For 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. / revealed: Heb. opened the earH3068H6635H430H3478H1540H241H5650H559H1129H1004H5650H4672H3820H6419H8605
28And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:H136H3069H430H1697H571H1696H2896H5650
29Therefore 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. / let it…: Heb. be thou pleased and blessH2974H1288H1004H5650H5769H6440H136H3069H1696H1293H1004H5650H1288H5769


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