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1 # And it came to pass, when the king <04428> sat <03427> (8804) in his house <01004>, and the LORD <03068> had given him rest <05117> (8689) round about <05439> from all his enemies <0341> (8802);
2 That the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>, See <07200> (8798) now, I dwell <03427> (8802) in an house <01004> of cedar <0730>, but the ark <0727> of God <0430> dwelleth <03427> (8802) within <08432> curtains <03407>.
3 And Nathan <05416> said <0559> (8799) to the king <04428>, Go <03212> (8798), do <06213> (8798) all that is in thine heart <03824>; for the LORD <03068> is with thee.
4 # And it came to pass that night <03915>, that the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came unto Nathan <05416>, saying <0559> (8800),
5 Go <03212> (8798) and tell <0559> (8804) my servant <05650> David <01732>, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Shalt thou build <01129> (8799) me an house <01004> for me to dwell in <03427> (8800) ?
6 Whereas I have not dwelt <03427> (8804) in any house <01004> since the time <03117> that I brought up <05927> (8687) the children <01121> of Israel <03478> out of Egypt <04714>, even to this day <03117>, but have walked <01980> (8693) in a tent <0168> and in a tabernacle <04908>.
7 In all the places wherein I have walked <01980> (8694) with all the children <01121> of Israel <03478> spake <01696> (8765) I a word <01697> with any <0259> of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>, whom I commanded <06680> (8765) to feed <07462> (8800) my people <05971> Israel <03478>, saying <0559> (8800), Why build <01129> (8804) ye not me an house <01004> of cedar <0730>?
8 Now therefore so 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>, from following <0310> the sheep <06629>, to be ruler <05057> over my people <05971>, over Israel <03478>:
9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest <01980> (8804), and have cut off <03772> (8686) all thine enemies <0341> (8802) out of thy sight <06440>, and have made <06213> (8804) thee a great <01419> name <08034>, like unto the name <08034> of the great <01419> men that are in the earth <0776>.
10 Moreover I will appoint <07760> (8804) a place <04725> for my people <05971> Israel <03478>, and will plant <05193> (8804) them, that they may dwell <07931> (8804) in a place of their own, and move <07264> (8799) no more; neither shall the children <01121> of wickedness <05766> afflict <06031> (8763) them any more <03254> (8686), as beforetime <07223> ,
11 And as since the time <03117> that I commanded <06680> (8765) judges <08199> (8802) to be over my people <05971> Israel <03478>, and have caused thee to rest <05117> (8689) from all thine enemies <0341> (8802). Also the LORD <03068> telleth <05046> (8689) thee that he will make <06213> (8799) thee an house <01004>.
12 And when thy days <03117> be fulfilled <04390> (8799), and thou shalt sleep <07901> (8804) with thy fathers <01>, I will set up <06965> (8689) thy seed <02233> after <0310> thee, which shall proceed <03318> (8799) out of thy bowels <04578>, and I will establish <03559> (8689) his kingdom <04467>.
13 He shall build <01129> (8799) an house <01004> for my name <08034>, and I will stablish <03559> (8790) the throne <03678> of his kingdom <04467> for <05704> ever <05769>.
14 I will be his father <01>, and he shall be my son <01121>. If he commit iniquity <05753> (8687), I will chasten <03198> (8689) him with the rod <07626> of men <0582>, and with the stripes <05061> of the children <01121> of men <0120>:
15 But my mercy <02617> shall not depart away <05493> (8799) from him, as I took <05493> (8689) it from Saul <07586>, whom I put away <05493> (8689) before <06440> thee.
16 And thine house <01004> and thy kingdom <04467> shall be established <0539> (8738) for <05704> ever <05769> before <06440> thee: thy throne <03678> shall be established <03559> (8737) for <05704> ever <05769>.
17 According to all these words <01697>, and according to all this vision <02384>, so did Nathan <05416> speak <01696> (8765) unto David <01732>.
18 # Then went <0935> (8799) king <04428> David <01732> in, and sat <03427> (8799) before <06440> the LORD <03068>, and he said <0559> (8799), Who am I, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>? and what is my house <01004> , that thou hast brought <0935> (8689) me hitherto <01988>?
19 And this was yet a small thing <06994> (8799) in thy sight <05869>, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>; but thou hast spoken <01696> (8762) also of thy servant's <05650> house <01004> for a great while to come <07350>. And is this the manner <08452> of man <0120>, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>?
20 And what can <03254> <00> David <01732> say <01696> (8763) more <03254> (8686) unto thee? for thou, Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, knowest <03045> (8804) thy servant <05650>.
21 For thy word's <01697> sake, and according to thine own heart <03820>, hast thou done <06213> (8804) all these great things <01420>, to make thy servant <05650> know <03045> (8687) them.
22 Wherefore thou art great <01431> (8804), O LORD <03068> God <0430>: for 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>.
23 And what one <0259> nation <01471> in the earth <0776> is like thy people <05971>, even like Israel <03478>, whom God <0430> went <01980> (8804) to redeem <06299> (8800) for a people <05971> to himself, and to make <07760> (8800) him a name <08034>, and to do <06213> (8800) for you great things <01420> and terrible <03372> (8737) , for thy land <0776>, before <06440> thy people <05971>, which thou redeemedst <06299> (8804) to thee from Egypt <04714> , from the nations <01471> and their gods <0430>?
24 For thou hast confirmed <03559> (8787) to thyself thy people <05971> Israel <03478> to be a people <05971> unto thee for <05704> ever <05769>: and thou, LORD <03068>, art become <01961> (8804) their God <0430>.
25 And now, O LORD <03068> God <0430>, the word <01697> that thou hast spoken <01696> (8765) concerning thy servant <05650>, and concerning his house <01004>, establish <06965> (8685) it for <05704> ever <05769>, and do <06213> (8798) as thou hast said <01696> (8765).
26 And let thy name <08034> be magnified <01431> (8799) for <05704> ever <05769>, saying <0559> (8800), The LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> is the God <0430> over Israel <03478>: and let the house <01004> of thy servant <05650> David <01732> be established <03559> (8737) before <06440> thee.
27 For thou, O LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, God <0430> of Israel <03478>, hast revealed <01540> (8804) <0241> to thy servant <05650>, saying <0559> (8800), I will build <01129> (8799) thee an house <01004>: therefore hath thy servant <05650> found <04672> (8804) in his heart <03820> to pray <06419> (8692) this prayer <08605> unto thee.
28 And now, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, thou art that God <0430>, and thy words <01697> be true <0571>, and thou hast promised <01696> (8762) this goodness <02896> unto thy servant <05650>:
29 Therefore now let it please <02974> (8685) thee to bless <01288> (8761) the house <01004> of thy servant <05650>, that it may continue for ever <05769> before <06440> thee: for thou, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, hast spoken <01696> (8765) it: and with thy blessing <01293> let the house <01004> of thy servant <05650> be blessed <01288> (8792) for ever <05769>.