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; |
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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. |
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And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine
heart; for the LORD is with thee. |
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4: And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came
unto Nathan, saying, |
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5: Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou
build me an house for me to dwell in? |
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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. |
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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? |
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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: |
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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. |
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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, |
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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. |
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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. |
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13: He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the
throne of his kingdom for ever. |
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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: |
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15: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it
from Saul, whom I put away before thee. |
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16: And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever
before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. |
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17: According to all these words, and according to all this
vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. |
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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? |
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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? |
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20: And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD,
knowest thy servant. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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28: And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be
true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: |
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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. |