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Chapter 7  
     
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 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and was at rest from all enemies;  
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 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 your 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 in a dream, saying,
  
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 Go and tell my servant David, Thus said the Lord in dream, Shall you build me an 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 in which I have walked with all the children of Israel spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build you not me an house of cedar?
  
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 Now therefore so shall you say unto my servant David, Thus said the Lord of hosts, I took you from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
  
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 And I was with you whithersoever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of thy sight, and have made you 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 you to rest from all your enemies. Also the Lord telleth you that he will make you an house.
  
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 And when thy days be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy messiah after thee, which shall proceed out of thy design, and I will establish his kingdom.
  
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 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom as the final covenant.
  
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 I will be like his father, and he shall be like my own 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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 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 your 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 you have brought me hitherto?  
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 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but you have 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 your own heart, have you done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
  
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 Wherefore you 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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 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 you redeemedst to you from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
  
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 For you have confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto you for ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God.
  
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 And now, O Lord God, the word that you have spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as you have 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, have revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build you an house: therefore has thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
  
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 And now, O Lord God, you art that God, and thy words be true, and you have promised this goodness unto thy servant:
  
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 Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, have spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
  

 
 
 

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