The Second Book of Samuel Otherwise Called The Second Book of the Kings 7

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¹ 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 ⚑

² 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 ⚑

³ And Nathan said to the king Go do all that is in thine heart for the LORD is with thee ⚑

⁴ And it came to pass that night that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan saying ⚑

⁵ Go and tell my servant David Thus saith the LORD Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in ⚑

⁶ 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 ⚑

⁷ 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 ⚑

⁸ 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 ⚑

⁹ 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 ⚑

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 rvant’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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King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain