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7:1  And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest all around from all his enemies;
7:2  That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
7:3  And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you.
7:4  And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
7:5  Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?
7:6  For I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved about in a tent and in a tabernacle.
7:7  In all the places in which I have moved about with all the children of Israel spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, Why build you not me a house of cedar?
7:8  Now therefore so shall you say unto my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
7:9  And I was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
7:10  Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as before,
7:11  Since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house.
7:12  And when your days be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who shall proceed out of your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
7:13  He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
7:14  I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
7:15  But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
7:16  And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.
7:17  According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
7:18  Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
7:19  And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O Lord GOD; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
7:20  And what can David say more unto you? for you, Lord GOD, know your servant.
7:21  For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all these great things, to make your servant know them.
7:22  Therefore you are great, O LORD God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
7:23  And what one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make himself a name, and to do for you great things and awesome, for your land, before your people, whom you redeemed to yourself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
7:24  For you have confirmed to yourself your people Israel to be a people unto you forever: and you, LORD, have become their God.
7:25  And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have said.
7:26  And let your name be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of your servant David be established before you.
7:27  For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto you.
7:28  And now, O Lord GOD, you are that God, and your words are true, and you have promised this goodness unto your servant:
7:29  Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you: for you, O Lord GOD, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.