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And it came to pass, when the king[H4428]sat[H3427] in his house[H1004], and the LORD[H3068] had given him rest[H5117] round about[H5439] from all his enemies[H341];
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That the king[H4428]said[H559] unto Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030], See[H7200] now, I dwell[H3427] in an house[H1004] of cedar[H730], but the ark[H727] of God[H430]dwelleth[H3427]within[H8432]curtains[H3407].
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And Nathan[H5416]said[H559] to the king[H4428], Go[H3212], do[H6213] all that is in thine heart[H3824]; for the LORD[H3068] is with thee.
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And it came to pass that night[H3915], that the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto Nathan[H5416], saying[H559],
5Go[H3212] and tell[H559] my servant[H5650]David[H1732], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Shalt thou build[H1129] me an house[H1004] for me to dwell in?[H3427]
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Whereas I have not dwelt[H3427] in any house[H1004] since the time[H3117] that I brought up[H5927] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] out of Egypt[H4714], even to this day[H3117], but have walked[H1980] in a tent[H168] and in a tabernacle[H4908].
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In all the places wherein I have walked[H1980] with all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]spake[H1696] I a word[H1697] with any[H259] of the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478], whom I commanded[H6680] to feed[H7462] my people[H5971]Israel[H3478], saying[H559], Why build[H1129] ye not me an house[H1004] of cedar?[H730]
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Now therefore so 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], from following[H310] the sheep[H6629], to be ruler[H5057] over my people[H5971], over Israel[H3478]:
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And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest[H1980], and have cut off[H3772] all thine enemies[H341] out of thy sight[H6440], and have made[H6213] thee a great[H1419]name[H8034], like unto the name[H8034] of the great[H1419] men that are in the earth[H776].
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Moreover I will appoint[H7760] a place[H4725] for my people[H5971]Israel[H3478], and will plant[H5193] them, that they may dwell[H7931] in a place[H4725] of their own, and move[H7264] no more[H3254]; neither shall the children[H1121] of wickedness[H5766]afflict[H6031] them any more[H3254], as beforetime[H7223],
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And as since the time[H3117] that I commanded[H6680]judges[H8199] to be over my people[H5971]Israel[H3478], and have caused thee to rest[H5117] from all thine enemies[H341]. Also the LORD[H3068]telleth[H5046] thee that he will make[H6213] thee an house[H1004].
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And when thy days[H3117] be fulfilled[H4390], and thou shalt sleep[H7901] with thy fathers[H1], I will set up[H6965] thy seed[H2233]after[H310] thee, which shall proceed[H3318] out of thy bowels[H4578], and I will establish[H3559] his kingdom[H4467].
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He shall build[H1129] an house[H1004]for[H5704] my name[H8034], and I will stablish[H3559] the throne[H3678] of his kingdom[H4467]for[H5704]ever[H5769].
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I will be his father[H1], and he shall be my son[H1121]. If he commit iniquity[H5753], I will chasten[H3198] him with the rod[H7626] of men[H582], and with the stripes[H5061] of the children[H1121] of men[H120]:
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But my mercy[H2617] shall not depart away[H5493] from him, as I took[H5493] it from Saul[H7586], whom I put away[H5493]before[H6440] thee.
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And thine house[H1004] and thy kingdom[H4467] shall be established[H539]for[H5704]ever[H5769]before[H6440] thee: thy throne[H3678] shall be established[H3559]for[H5704]ever[H5769].
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According to all these words[H1697], and according to all this vision[H2384], so did Nathan[H5416]speak[H1696] unto David[H1732].
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Then went[H935]king[H4428]David[H1732] in, and sat[H3427]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], and he said[H559], Who am I, O Lord[H136]GOD?[H3069] and what is my house[H1004], that thou hast brought[H935] me hitherto?[H1988]
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And this was yet a small thing[H6994] in thy sight[H5869], O Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; but thou hast spoken[H1696] also of thy servant's house[H1004] for a great while to come[H7350]. And is this the manner[H8452] of man[H120], O Lord[H136]GOD?[H3069]
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And what can[H3254]David[H1732]say[H1696]more[H3254] unto thee? for thou, Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], knowest[H3045] thy servant[H5650].
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For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart[H3820], hast thou done[H6213] all these great things[H1420], to make thy servant[H5650]know[H3045] them.
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Wherefore thou art great[H1431], O LORD[H3068]God[H430]: for 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], even like Israel[H3478], whom God[H430]went[H1980] to redeem[H6299] for a people[H5971] to himself, and to make[H7760] him a name[H8034], and to do[H6213] for you great things[H1420] and terrible[H3372], for thy land[H776], before[H6440] thy people[H5971], which thou redeemedst[H6299] to thee from Egypt[H4714], from the nations[H1471] and their gods?[H430]
24For[H5704] thou hast confirmed[H3559] to thyself thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478] to be a people[H5971] unto thee for[H5704]ever[H5769]: and thou, LORD[H3068], art become[H1961] their God[H430].
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And now, O LORD[H3068]God[H430], the word[H1697] that thou hast spoken[H1696] concerning thy servant[H5650], and concerning his house[H1004], establish[H6965] it for[H5704]ever[H5769], and do[H6213] as thou hast said[H1696].
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And let thy name[H8034] be magnified[H1431]for[H5704]ever[H5769], saying[H559], The LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] is the God[H430] over Israel[H3478]: and let the house[H1004] of thy servant[H5650]David[H1732] be established[H3559]before[H6440] thee.
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For thou, O LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], God[H430] of Israel[H3478], hast revealed[H1540] to thy servant[H5650], saying[H559], I will build[H1129] thee an house[H1004]: therefore hath thy servant[H5650]found[H4672] in his heart[H3820] to pray[H6419] this prayer[H8605] unto thee.
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And now, O Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], thou art that God[H430], and thy words[H1697] be true[H571], and thou hast promised[H1696] this goodness[H2896] unto thy servant[H5650]:
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Therefore now let it please[H2974] thee to bless[H1288] the house[H1004] of thy servant[H5650], that it may continue for ever[H5769]before[H6440] thee: for thou, O Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], hast spoken[H1696] it: and with thy blessing[H1293] let the house[H1004] of thy servant[H5650] be blessed[H1288] for ever[H5769].