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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;
02 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.
03 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that
is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee.
04 And it came to pass that night, that the word
of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,
05 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the
Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to
dwell in?
06 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.
07 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?
08 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:
09 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.
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,
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.
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.
13 He shall build an house for my name, and I
will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
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:
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.
17 According to all these words, and according to
all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
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?
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?
20 And what can David say more unto thee? for
thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
28 And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and
thy words be true, and thou hast promised this
goodness unto thy servant:
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.
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