1Chr 17
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And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet,
Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under
curtains of skins.
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And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.
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And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
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Go and say to David my servant, Thus said the Lord, You shall not build me a house
for me to dwell in it.
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For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day,
but I have been in a tabernacle and a Gr. covering tent,
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in all places through which I have gone with all Israel: did I ever speak to any one
tribe of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why is it that you have
not built me a house of cedar?
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And now thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord Almighty, I took
you from the sheepfold, Gr. from behind from following the flocks, to be a ruler over my people Israel:
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and I was with you in all places where you went, and I destroyed all your enemies
from before you, and I made for you a name according to the name of the great ones
that are upon the earth.
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And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant him, and he shall
dwell by himself, and Gr. shall not add to humble him shall no longer be anxious; and the son of iniquity shall no longer
afflict him,
as at the beginning,
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and from the days when I appointed judges over my people Israel. Also I have humbled
all your enemies, and I will increase you, and the Lord will build you a house.
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And it shall come to pass when your days shall be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with
your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall be of your Gr. belly bowels, and I will Gr. prepare establish
his kingdom.
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He shall build me a house, and I will set up his throne for ever.
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I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and my mercy will I not withdraw
from him, as I withdrew it from them that were before you.
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And I will establish him in my house and in his kingdom for ever; and his throne shall
be set up for ever.
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According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spoke Nathan to
David.
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And king David came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what
is my house, that you have loved me for ever?
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And these things Gr. were diminished were little in your sight, O God: you have also spoken concerning the house of your
servant Gr. from distant places for a long time to come, and you have looked upon me Gr. as is the vision of a man as a man
looks upon his fellow, and have exalted me, O Lord God.
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What shall David do more toward you to glorify you? and you know your servant.
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And you have wrought all this greatness according to your heart.
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O Lord, there is none like you, and there is no God beside you, according to all things
which we have heard with our ears.
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Neither is there Gr. stall a nation another nation upon the earth such as your people Israel, whereas God led him in
the way, to redeem a people for himself, to make for himself a great and glorious
name, to cast out nations from before your people, whom you redeemedst out of Egypt.
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And you have Gr. given appointed your people Israel as a people to yourself for ever; and you, Lord, did
become a God to them.
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And now, Lord, let the word which you spokest to your servant, and concerning his
house, be confirmed for ever, and do you as you have spoken.
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And let your name be established and magnified for ever, men saying, Lord, Lord, Almighty
God of Israel: and let the house of your servant David be established before you.
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For you, O Lord my God, have revealed to the ear of your servant that you will build
him a house; therefore your servant has found a willingness to pray before you.
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And now, Lord, you yourself art God, and you have spoken these good things concerning
your servant.
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And now you have begun to bless the house of your servant, so that it should Gr. be continue for ever before you: for you,
Lord, have blessed it, and do you bless it
for ever.