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1 # Now it came to pass, as David <01732> sat <03427> (8804) in his house <01004>, that David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>, Lo, I dwell <03427> (8802) in an house <01004> of cedars <0730> , but the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> remaineth under curtains <03407>.
2 Then Nathan <05416> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>, Do <06213> (8798) all that is in thine heart <03824>; for God <0430> is with thee.
3 And it came to pass the same night <03915>, that the word <01697> of God <0430> came to Nathan <05416>, saying <0559> (8800),
4 Go <03212> (8798) and tell <0559> (8804) David <01732> my servant <05650>, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Thou shalt not build <01129> (8799) me an house <01004> to dwell in <03427> (8800) :
5 For I have not dwelt in <03427> (8804) an house <01004> since the day <03117> that I brought up <05927> (8689) Israel <03478> unto this day <03117>; but have gone from tent <0168> to tent <0168>, and from one tabernacle <04908> to another.
6 Wheresoever I have walked <01980> (8694) with all Israel <03478>, spake <01696> (8765) I a word <01697> to any <0259> of the judges <08199> (8802) of Israel <03478>, whom I commanded <06680> (8765) to feed <07462> (8800) my people <05971>, saying <0559> (8800), Why have ye not built <01129> (8804) me an house <01004> of cedars <0730>?
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say <0559> (8799) unto my servant <05650> David <01732>, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, I took <03947> (8804) thee from the sheepcote <05116>, even from following <0310> the sheep <06629>, that thou shouldest be ruler <05057> over my people <05971> Israel <03478>:
8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked <01980> (8804), and have cut off <03772> (8686) all thine enemies <0341> (8802) from before <06440> thee, and have made <06213> (8804) thee a name <08034> like the name <08034> of the great men <01419> that are in the earth <0776>.
9 Also I will ordain <07760> (8804) a place <04725> for my people <05971> Israel <03478>, and will plant <05193> (8804) them, and they shall dwell <07931> (8804) in their place, and shall be moved <07264> (8799) no more; neither shall the children <01121> of wickedness <05766> waste <01086> (8763) them any more <03254> (8686), as at the beginning <07223> ,
10 And since the time <03117> that I commanded <06680> (8765) judges <08199> (8802) to be over my people <05971> Israel <03478>. Moreover I will subdue <03665> (8689) all thine enemies <0341> (8802). Furthermore I tell <05046> (8686) thee that the LORD <03068> will build <01129> (8799) thee an house <01004>.
11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days <03117> be expired <04390> (8804) that thou must go <03212> (8800) to be with thy fathers <01>, that I will raise up <06965> (8689) thy seed <02233> after <0310> thee, which shall be of thy sons <01121>; and I will establish <03559> (8689) his kingdom <04438>.
12 He shall build <01129> (8799) me an house <01004>, and I will stablish <03559> (8790) his throne <03678> for <05704> ever <05769>.
13 I will be his father <01>, and he shall be my son <01121>: and I will not take <05493> <00> my mercy <02617> away <05493> (8686) from him, as I took <05493> (8689) it from him that was before <06440> thee:
14 But I will settle <05975> (8689) him in mine house <01004> and in my kingdom <04438> for ever <05769>: and his throne <03678> shall be established <03559> (8737) for <05704> evermore <05769>.
15 According to all these words <01697>, and according to all this vision <02377>, so did Nathan <05416> speak <01696> (8765) unto David <01732>.
16 # And David <01732> the king <04428> came <0935> (8799) and sat <03427> (8799) before <06440> the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799), Who am I, O LORD <03068> God <0430>, and what is mine house <01004> , that thou hast brought <0935> (8689) me hitherto <01988>?
17 And yet this was a small thing <06994> (8799) in thine eyes <05869>, O God <0430>; for thou hast also spoken <01696> (8762) of thy servant's <05650> house <01004> for a great while to come <07350>, and hast regarded <07200> (8804) me according to the estate <08448> of a man <0120> of high degree <04609>, O LORD <03068> God <0430>.
18 What can <03254> <00> David <01732> speak more <03254> (8686) to thee for the honour <03519> of thy servant <05650>? for thou knowest <03045> (8804) thy servant <05650>.
19 O LORD <03068>, for thy servant's <05650> sake, and according to thine own heart <03820>, hast thou done <06213> (8804) all this greatness <01420>, in making known <03045> (8687) all these great things <01420>.
20 O LORD <03068>, there is none like thee, neither is there any God <0430> beside <02108> thee, according to all that we have heard <08085> (8804) with our ears <0241>.
21 And what one <0259> nation <01471> in the earth <0776> is like thy people <05971> Israel <03478>, whom God <0430> went <01980> (8804) to redeem <06299> (8800) to be his own people <05971>, to make <07760> (8800) thee a name <08034> of greatness <01420> and terribleness <03372> (8737), by driving out <01644> (8763) nations <01471> from before <06440> thy people <05971>, whom thou hast redeemed <06299> (8804) out of Egypt <04714>?
22 For thy people <05971> Israel <03478> didst thou make <05414> (8799) thine own people <05971> for <05704> ever <05769>; and thou, LORD <03068>, becamest their God <0430>.
23 Therefore now, LORD <03068>, let the thing <01697> that thou hast spoken <01696> (8765) concerning thy servant <05650> and concerning his house <01004> be established <0539> (8735) for <05704> ever <05769>, and do <06213> (8798) as thou hast said <01696> (8765).
24 Let it even be established <0539> (8735), that thy name <08034> may be magnified <01431> (8799) for <05704> ever <05769>, saying <0559> (8800), The LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> is the God <0430> of Israel <03478> , even a God <0430> to Israel <03478>: and let the house <01004> of David <01732> thy servant <05650> be established <03559> (8737) before <06440> thee.
25 For thou, O my God <0430>, hast told <01540> (8804) <0241> thy servant <05650> that thou wilt build <01129> (8800) him an house <01004>: therefore thy servant <05650> hath found <04672> (8804) in his heart to pray <06419> (8692) before <06440> thee.
26 And now, LORD <03068>, thou art God <0430>, and hast promised <01696> (8762) this goodness <02896> unto thy servant <05650>:
27 Now therefore let it please <02974> (8689) thee to bless <01288> (8763) the house <01004> of thy servant <05650>, that it may be before <06440> thee for ever <05769>: for thou blessest <01288> (8765), O LORD <03068>, and it shall be blessed <01288> (8794) for ever <05769>.