2Samuel:7:1-17

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* And it came to pass when the king sat in his house , and the Lord had given him an inheritance on every side free from all his enemies round about him ; * that the king said to Nathan the prophet , Behold now , I live in a house of cedar , and the ark of the Lord dwells in the midst of a tent . * And Nathan said to the king , Go and do all that is in thine heart , for the Lord is with thee . * And it came to pass in that night , that the word of the Lord came to Nathan , saying , * Go , and say to my servant David , Thus says the Lord , Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in . * For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt to this day , but I have been walking in a lodge and in a tent , * wheresoever I went with all Israel . Have I ever spoken to any of the tribes of Israel , which I commanded to tend my people Israel , saying , Why have ye not built me a house of Cedar ? * And now thus shalt thou say to my servant David , Thus says the Lord Almighty , I took thee from the sheep-cote , that thou shouldest be a prince over my people , over Israel . * And I was with thee wheresoever thou wentest , and I destroyed all thine enemies before thee , and I made thee renowned according to the renown of the great ones on the earth . * And I will appoint a place for my people Israel , and will plant (note :)Gr . it (:note ) them , and they shall dwell by themselves , and shall be no more distressed ; and the son of iniquity shall no more afflict them , as he has done from the beginning , * from the days when I appointed judges over my people Israel : and I will give thee rest from all thine enemies , and the Lord will tell thee that thou shalt build a house to him . * And it shall come to pass when thy days shall have been fulfilled , and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers , that I will raise up thy seed after thee , even thine own issue , and I will establish his kingdom . * He shall build for me a house to my name , and I will set up his throne even for ever . * I will be to him a father , and he shall be to me a son . And when he happens to transgress , then will I chasten him with the rod of men , and with the stripes of the sons of men . * But my mercy I will not take from him , as I took it from those whom I removed from my presence . * And his house shall be made sure , and his kingdom for ever before me , and his throne shall be set up for ever . * According to all these words , and according to all this vision , so Nathan spoke to David .

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