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| 2 Samuel 7:1 |
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And it came to pass, when the king sat in his
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| 2 Samuel 7:2 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:3 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:4 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:5 |
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Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the
LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? |
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| 2 Samuel 7:6 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:7 |
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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 an house of
cedar? |
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| 2 Samuel 7:8 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:9 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:10 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:11 |
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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 an house. |
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| 2 Samuel 7:12 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:13 |
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He shall build an house for my name, and I will
stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. |
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| 2 Samuel 7:14 |
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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: |
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| 2 Samuel 7:15 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:16 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:17 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:18 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:19 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:20 |
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And what can David say more unto thee? for thou,
Lord God, knowest thy servant. |
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| 2 Samuel 7:21 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:22 |
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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. |
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| 2 Samuel 7:23 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:24 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:25 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:26 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:27 |
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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. |
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| 2 Samuel 7:28 |
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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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| 2 Samuel 7:29 |
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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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