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2 Samuel - ch 7 v 1 - 20
- And it came to pass when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,
- He said to Nathan the prophet: Dost thou see that I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of God is lodged within skins?
- And Nathan said to the king: Go, do all that is in thy heart: because the Lord is with thee.
- But it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:
- Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in?
- Whereas I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt even to this day: but have walked in a tabernacle, and in a tent.
- In all the places that I have gone through with all the children of Israel, did ever I speak a word to any one of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying: Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
- And now thus shalt thou speak to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: a I took thee out of the pastures from following the sheep to be ruler over my people Israel:
- And I have been with thee wheresoever thou hast walked, and have slain all thy enemies from before thy face: and I have made thee a great man, like unto the name of the great ones that are on the earth.
- And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they shall dwell therein, and shall be disturbed no more: neither shall the children of iniquity afflict them any more as they did before,
- From the day that I appointed judges over my people Israel: and I will give thee rest from all thy enemies. And the Lord foretelleth to thee, that the Lord will make thee a house.
- And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
- He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
- I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and if he commit any iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.
- But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before my face.
- And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face, and thy throne shall be firm for ever.
- According to all these words and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
- And David went in, and sat before the Lord, and said: Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
- But yet this hath seemed little in thy sight, O Lord God, unless thou didst also speak of the house of thy servant for a long time to come: for this is the law of Adam, O Lord God.
- And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord God:
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