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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1After the king was settled in his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent." |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Nathan replied to the king, "Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the LORD is with you." |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying: |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in? |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day. I have been moving from place to place with a tent as my dwelling. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"' |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"Now then, tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies. "'The LORD declares to you that the LORD himself will establish a house for you: |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.'" |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: "Who am I, Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign LORD, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant--and this decree, Sovereign LORD, is for a mere human! |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20"What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign LORD. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22"How great you are, Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23And who is like your people Israel--the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt? |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, LORD, have become their God. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25"And now, LORD God, keep forever the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house. Do as you promised, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26so that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, 'The LORD Almighty is God over Israel!' And the house of your servant David will be established in your sight. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27"LORD Almighty, God of Israel, you have revealed this to your servant, saying, 'I will build a house for you.' So your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Sovereign LORD, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign LORD, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever." |
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