2 Samuel 7
God's Covenant with
David |
1 Chr. 17.1-27 |
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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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that the king said unto Nathan the
prophet, See now, I dwell in a 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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And it came to pass that night, that
the word of the LORD came unto Nathan,
saying,
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Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith
the LORD, Shalt thou build me a house for me to
dwell in?
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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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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 a house of cedar?
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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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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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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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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 a house.
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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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He shall build a house for my name, and I
will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
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I will be his father, and he shall be my
son. 2 Cor. 6.18 · Heb. 1.5 · Rev. 21.7 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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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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And thine house and thy kingdom shall be
established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established
for ever.
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According to all these words, and
according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto
David.
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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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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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And what can David say more unto thee?
for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy
servant.
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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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Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have
heard with our ears.
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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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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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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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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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For thou, O LORD of
hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will
build thee a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to
pray this prayer unto thee.
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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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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.
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