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1. When David moved into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, I am living in a palace made of cedar, but the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord sits in a tent."
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1. Now it came to pass H1961 , as H834 David H1732 sat H3427 in his house H1004 , that David H1732 said H559 to H413 Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030 , Lo H2009 , I H595 dwell H3427 in a house H1004 of cedars H730 , but the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 remaineth under H8478 curtains H3407 .
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2. Nathan said to David, "Do what you want to do, because God is with you."
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2. Then Nathan H5416 said H559 unto H413 David H1732 , Do H6213 all H3605 that H834 is in thine heart H3824 ; for H3588 God H430 is with H5973 thee.
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3. But that night God spoke his word to Nathan, saying,
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3. And it came to pass H1961 the same H1931 night H3915 , that the word H1697 of God H430 came H1961 to H413 Nathan H5416 , saying H559 ,
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4. "Go and tell David my servant, 'This is what the Lord says: You are not the person to build a house for me to live in.
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4. Go H1980 and tell H559 H413 David H1732 my servant H5650 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Thou H859 shalt not H3808 build H1129 me a house H1004 to dwell in H3427 :
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5. From the time I brought Israel out of Egypt until now I have not lived in a house. I have moved from one tent site to another and from one place to another.
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5. For H3588 I have not H3808 dwelt H3427 in a house H1004 since H4480 the day H3117 that H834 I brought up H5927 H853 Israel H3478 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 ; but have gone H1961 from tent H4480 H168 to H413 tent H168 , and from one tabernacle H4480 H4908 to another .
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6. As I have moved with the Israelites to different places, I have never said to the leaders, whom I commanded to take care of my people, "Why haven't you built me a house of cedar?"'
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6. Wheresoever H3605 H834 I have walked H1980 with all H3605 Israel H3478 , spoke H1696 I a word H1697 to H854 any H259 of the judges H8199 of Israel H3478 , whom H834 I commanded H6680 to feed H7462 H853 my people H5971 , saying H559 , Why H4100 have ye not H3808 built H1129 me a house H1004 of cedars H730 ?
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7. "Now, tell my servant David: 'This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: I took you from the pasture and from tending the sheep and made you king of my people Israel.
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7. Now H6258 therefore thus H3541 shalt thou say H559 unto my servant H5650 David H1732 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , I H589 took H3947 thee from H4480 the sheepcote H5116 , even from H4480 following H310 the sheep H6629 , that thou shouldest be H1961 ruler H5057 over H5921 my people H5971 Israel H3478 :
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8. I have been with you everywhere you have gone. I have defeated your enemies for you. I will make you as famous as any of the great people on the earth.
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8. And I have been H1961 with H5973 thee whithersoever H3605 H834 thou hast walked H1980 , and have cut off H3772 H853 all H3605 thine enemies H341 from before H4480 H6440 thee , and have made H6213 thee a name H8034 like the name H8034 of the great men H1419 that H834 are in the earth H776 .
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9. I will choose a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them so they can live in their own homes. They will not be bothered anymore. Wicked people will no longer hurt them as they have in the past
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9. Also I will ordain H7760 a place H4725 for my people H5971 Israel H3478 , and will plant H5193 them , and they shall dwell H7931 in their place H8478 , and shall be moved H7264 no H3808 more H5750 ; neither H3808 shall the children H1121 of wickedness H5766 waste H1086 them any more H3254 , as H834 at the beginning H7223 ,
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10. when I chose judges for my people Israel. I will defeat all your enemies. "'I tell you that the Lord will make your descendants kings of Israel after you.
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10. And since the time H4480 H3117 that H834 I commanded H6680 judges H8199 to be over H5921 my people H5971 Israel H3478 . Moreover I will subdue H3665 H853 all H3605 thine enemies H341 . Furthermore I tell H5046 thee that the LORD H3068 will build H1129 thee a house H1004 .
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11. When you die and join your ancestors, I will make one of your sons the new king, and I will set up his kingdom.
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11. And it shall come to pass H1961 , when H3588 thy days H3117 be expired H4390 that thou must go H1980 to be with H5973 thy fathers H1 , that I will raise up H6965 H853 thy seed H2233 after H310 thee, which H834 shall be H1961 of thy sons H4480 H1121 ; and I will establish H3559 H853 his kingdom H4438 .
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12. He will build a house for me, and I will let his kingdom rule always.
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12. He H1931 shall build H1129 me a house H1004 , and I will establish H3559 H853 his throne H3678 forever H5704 H5769 .
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13. I will be his father, and he will be my son. I took away my love from Saul, who ruled before you, but I will never stop loving your son.
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13. I H589 will be H1961 his father H1 , and he H1931 shall be H1961 my son H1121 : and I will not H3808 take my mercy away H5493 H2617 from H4480 H5973 him, as H834 I took H5493 it from him that H4480 H834 was H1961 before H6440 thee:
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14. I will put him in charge of my house and kingdom forever. His family will rule forever.'"
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14. But I will settle H5975 him in mine house H1004 and in my kingdom H4438 forever H5704 H5769 : and his throne H3678 shall be H1961 established H3559 forevermore H5704 H5769 .
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15. Nathan told David everything God had said in this vision.
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15. According to all H3605 these H428 words H1697 , and according to all H3605 this H2088 vision H2377 , so H3651 did Nathan H5416 speak H1696 unto H413 David H1732 .
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16. Then King David went in and sat in front of the Lord. David said, "Lord God, who am I? What is my family? Why did you bring me to this point?
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16. And David H1732 the king H4428 came H935 and sat H3427 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , Who H4310 am I H589 , O LORD H3068 God H430 , and what H4310 is mine house H1004 , that H3588 thou hast brought H935 me hitherto H5704 H1988 ?
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17. But that was not enough for you, God. You have also made promises about my future family. Lord God, you have treated me like a very important person.
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17. And yet this H2063 was a small thing H6994 in thine eyes H5869 , O God H430 ; for thou hast also spoken H1696 of H5921 thy servant H5650 's house H1004 for a great while to come H4480 H7350 , and hast regarded H7200 me according to the estate H8448 of a man H120 of high degree H4609 , O LORD H3068 God H430 .
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18. "What more can I say to you for honoring me, your servant? You know me so well.
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18. What H4100 can David H1732 speak more H3254 H5750 to H413 thee for the honor H3519 of H853 thy servant H5650 ? for thou H859 knowest H3045 H853 thy servant H5650 .
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19. Lord, you have done this wonderful thing for my sake and because you wanted to. You have made known all these great things.
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19. O LORD H3068 , for thy servant's sake H5668 H5650 , and according to thine own heart H3820 , hast thou done H6213 H853 all H3605 this H2063 greatness H1420 , in making known H3045 H853 all H3605 these great things H1420 .
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20. "There is no one like you, Lord. There is no God except you. We have heard all this ourselves!
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20. O LORD H3068 , there is none H369 like thee H3644 , neither H369 is there any God H430 beside H2108 thee , according to all H3605 that H834 we have heard H8085 with our ears H241 .
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21. There is no nation like your people Israel. They are the only people on earth that God chose to be his own. You made your name well known by the great and wonderful things you did for them. You went ahead of them and forced other nations out of the land. You freed your people from slavery in Egypt.
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21. And what H4310 one H259 nation H1471 in the earth H776 is like thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , whom H834 God H430 went H1980 to redeem H6299 to be his own people H5971 , to make H7760 thee a name H8034 of greatness H1420 and terribleness H3372 , by driving out H1644 nations H1471 from before H4480 H6440 thy people H5971 , whom H834 thou hast redeemed H6299 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 ?
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22. You made the people of Israel your very own people forever, and, Lord, you are their God.
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22. For H853 thy people H5971 Israel H3478 didst thou make H5414 thine own people H5971 forever H5704 H5769 ; and thou H859 , LORD H3068 , becamest H1961 their God H430 .
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23. "Lord, keep the promise forever that you made about my family and me, your servant. Do what you have said.
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23. Therefore now H6258 , LORD H3068 , let the thing H1697 that H834 thou hast spoken H1696 concerning H5921 thy servant H5650 and concerning H5921 his house H1004 be established H539 forever H5704 H5769 , and do H6213 as H834 thou hast said H1696 .
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24. Then you will be honored always, and people will say, 'The Lord All-Powerful, the God over Israel, is Israel's God!' And the family of your servant David will continue before you.
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24. Let it even be established H539 , that thy name H8034 may be magnified H1431 forever H5704 H5769 , saying H559 , The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is the God H430 of Israel H3478 , even a God H430 to Israel H3478 : and let the house H1004 of David H1732 thy servant H5650 be established H3559 before H6440 thee.
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25. "My God, you have told me that you would make my family great. So I, your servant, am brave enough to pray to you.
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25. For H3588 thou H859 , O my God H430 , hast told H1540 H853 H241 thy servant H5650 that thou wilt build H1129 him a house H1004 : therefore H5921 H3651 thy servant H5650 hath found H4672 in his heart to pray H6419 before H6440 thee.
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26. Lord, you are God, and you have promised these good things to me, your servant.
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26. And now H6258 , LORD H3068 , thou H859 art God H430 , and hast promised H1696 this H2063 goodness H2896 unto H5921 thy servant H5650 :
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27. You have chosen to bless my family. Let it continue before you always. Lord, you have blessed my family, so it will always be blessed."
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27. Now H6258 therefore let it please H2974 thee to bless H1288 H853 the house H1004 of thy servant H5650 , that it may be H1961 before H6440 thee forever H5769 : for H3588 thou H859 blessest H1288 , O LORD H3068 , and it shall be blessed H1288 forever H5769 .
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