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Now it came to pass, as David[H1732]sat[H3427] in his house[H1004], that David[H1732]said[H559] to Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030], Lo, I dwell[H3427] in an house[H1004] of cedars[H730], but the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068] remaineth under curtains[H3407].
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Then Nathan[H5416]said[H559] unto David[H1732], Do[H6213] all that is in thine heart[H3824]; for God[H430] is with thee.
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And it came to pass the same night[H3915], that the word[H1697] of God[H430] came to Nathan[H5416], saying[H559],
4Go[H3212] and tell[H559]David[H1732] my servant[H5650], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Thou shalt not build[H1129] me an house[H1004] to dwell in[H3427]:
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For I have not dwelt in[H3427] an house[H1004] since the day[H3117] that I brought up[H5927]Israel[H3478] unto this day[H3117]; but have gone from tent[H168] to tent[H168], and from one tabernacle[H4908] to another.
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Wheresoever I have walked[H1980] with all Israel[H3478], spake[H1696] I a word[H1697] to any[H259] of the judges[H8199] of Israel[H3478], whom I commanded[H6680] to feed[H7462] my people[H5971], saying[H559], Why have ye not built[H1129] me an house[H1004] of cedars?[H730]
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Now therefore thus shalt thou say[H559] unto my servant[H5650]David[H1732], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], I took[H3947] thee from the sheepcote[H5116], even from following[H310] the sheep[H6629], that thou shouldest be ruler[H5057] over my people[H5971]Israel[H3478]:
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And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked[H1980], and have cut off[H3772] all thine enemies[H341] from before[H6440] thee, and have made[H6213] thee a name[H8034] like the name[H8034] of the great men[H1419] that are in the earth[H776].
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Also I will ordain[H7760] a place[H4725] for my people[H5971]Israel[H3478], and will plant[H5193] them, and they shall dwell[H7931] in their place[H4725], and shall be moved[H7264] no more[H3254]; neither shall the children[H1121] of wickedness[H5766]waste[H1086] them any more[H3254], as at the beginning[H7223],
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And since the time[H3117] that I commanded[H6680]judges[H8199] to be over my people[H5971]Israel[H3478]. Moreover I will subdue[H3665] all thine enemies[H341]. Furthermore I tell[H5046] thee that the LORD[H3068] will build[H1129] thee an house[H1004].
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And it shall come to pass, when thy days[H3117] be expired[H4390] that thou must go[H3212] to be with thy fathers[H1], that I will raise up[H6965] thy seed[H2233]after[H310] thee, which shall be of thy sons[H1121]; and I will establish[H3559] his kingdom[H4438].
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He shall build[H1129] me an house[H1004], and I will stablish[H3559] his throne[H3678]for[H5704]ever[H5769].
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I will be his father[H1], and he shall be my son[H1121]: and I will not take[H5493] my mercy[H2617]away[H5493] from him, as I took[H5493] it from him that was before[H6440] thee:
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But I will settle[H5975] him in mine house[H1004] and in my kingdom[H4438]for[H5704]ever[H5769]: and his throne[H3678] shall be established[H3559]for[H5704]evermore[H5769].
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According to all these words[H1697], and according to all this vision[H2377], so did Nathan[H5416]speak[H1696] unto David[H1732].
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And David[H1732] the king[H4428]came[H935] and sat[H3427]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], Who am I, O LORD[H3068]God[H430], and what is mine house[H1004], that thou hast brought[H935] me hitherto?[H1988]
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And yet this was a small thing[H6994] in thine eyes[H5869], O God[H430]; for thou hast also spoken[H1696] of thy servant's house[H1004] for a great while to come[H7350], and hast regarded[H7200] me according to the estate[H8448] of a man[H120] of high degree[H4609], O LORD[H3068]God[H430].
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What can[H3254]David[H1732] speak more[H3254] to thee for the honour[H3519] of thy servant?[H5650] for thou knowest[H3045] thy servant[H5650].
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O LORD[H3068], for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart[H3820], hast thou done[H6213] all this greatness[H1420], in making known[H3045] all these great things[H1420].
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O LORD[H3068], there is none like thee, neither is there any God[H430]beside[H2108] thee, according to all that we have heard[H8085] with our ears[H241].
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And what one[H259]nation[H1471] in the earth[H776] is like thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478], whom God[H430]went[H1980] to redeem[H6299] to be his own people[H5971], to make[H7760] thee a name[H8034] of greatness[H1420] and terribleness[H3372], by driving out[H1644]nations[H1471] from before[H6440] thy people[H5971], whom thou hast redeemed[H6299]out[H1644] of Egypt?[H4714]
22For[H5704] thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478] didst thou make[H5414] thine own people[H5971]for[H5704]ever[H5769]; and thou, LORD[H3068], becamest their God[H430].
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Therefore now, LORD[H3068], let the thing[H1697] that thou hast spoken[H1696] concerning thy servant[H5650] and concerning his house[H1004] be established[H539]for[H5704]ever[H5769], and do[H6213] as thou hast said[H1696].
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Let it even be established[H539], that thy name[H8034] may be magnified[H1431]for[H5704]ever[H5769], saying[H559], The LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] is the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], even a God[H430] to Israel[H3478]: and let the house[H1004] of David[H1732] thy servant[H5650] be established[H3559]before[H6440] thee.
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For thou, O my God[H430], hast told[H1540] thy servant[H5650] that thou wilt build[H1129] him an house[H1004]: therefore thy servant[H5650] hath found[H4672] in his heart to pray[H6419]before[H6440] thee.
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And now, LORD[H3068], thou art God[H430], and hast promised[H1696] this goodness[H2896] unto thy servant[H5650]:
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Now therefore let it please[H2974] thee to bless[H1288] the house[H1004] of thy servant[H5650], that it may be before[H6440] thee for ever[H5769]: for thou blessest[H1288], O LORD[H3068], and it shall be blessed[H1288] for ever[H5769].