4.
Wanting to build a house for God
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1aAnd as David dwelt in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah dwells under curtains.
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And Nathan said to David, All that is in your heart do, for God is with you.
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And in that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
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Go and say to David My servant, Thus says Jehovah, It will not be you who
abuilds Me a house to dwell in.
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For I have not dwelt in a house, since the day I brought up Israel to this day; but I have been from tent to tent and from tabernacle
to tabernacle.
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In all My going about among all Israel, did I ever speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to
ashepherd My people, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?
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And now thus shall you say to My servant David, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you might be ruler over My people Israel;
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And I have been with you in every place that you have gone and have cut off all your enemies before you; and I will make a name for you, like the name of the great ones who are on the earth.
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And I will appoint a
aplace for My people Israel and will plant them
there, that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more; and the sons of wickedness will waste them away no more as before,
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Even since the time when I commanded
that there be judges over My people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I declare to you that Jehovah will build you a
ahouse.
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When your days are fulfilled that you must go
to be with your fathers, I will raise up youre
aseed after you, which will be from your sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
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It is he who will
abuild a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
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I will be his
aFather, and he will be My
bson; and My lovingkindness I will not take from him, as I took
it away from
him who was before you.
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And I will set him in My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.
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According to all these words and according to this whole vision did Nathan speak to David.
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Then King David went and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far?
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And this was a small thing in Your sight, O God; but You have spoken of the house of Your servant for a great while to come; and You have regarded me according to the custom for a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.
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What more can David add
to say to You concerning
this honoring of Your servant? For You know Your servant.
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O Jehovah, for Your servant’s sake and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to make known all
these great things.
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O Jehovah, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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And who is like Your people Israel, a nation unique on the earth, which God went to redeem to Himself as a people in order to make for Yourself a name of greatness and awesomeness to drive out nations from before Your people, whom You have redeemed out of Egypt?
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And You have made Your people Israel to be a people to You forever, and You, O Jehovah, became their God.
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And now, O Jehovah, may the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as You have spoken.
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And may Your name be established and magnified forever when
men say, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel; and the house of David Your servant will be established before You.
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For You, O my God, have revealed to Your servant, that You will build him a
ahouse; therefore Your servant has found
it in his heart to pray before You.
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And now, O Jehovah, You are God, and You have spoken this good matter concerning Your servant;
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Now therefore You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may be before You forever; for You, O Jehovah, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.
