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 7:1 ¶ And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest from all his enemies round about,

 7:1 ¶ And it came to pass,º whenº the kingº satºº in his house,º and the LORDº had given him restºº round aboutºº from allºº his enemies;ºº

 7:2 that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

 7:2 That the kingº saidºº untoº Nathanº the prophet,º Seeºº now,º Iº dwellºº in an houseº of cedar,º but the arkº of Godº dwellethºº withinº curtains.º

 7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart; for Jehovah is with thee.

 7:3 And Nathanº saidºº toº the king,º Go,ººº doºº allº thatº [is] in thine heart;º forº the LORDº [is] withº thee.

 7:4 ¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the word of Jehovah came unto Nathan, saying,

 7:4 ¶ And it came to passº thatº night,º that the wordº of the LORDº cameº untoº Nathan,º saying,ºº

 7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?

 7:5 Goººº and tellººº my servantº David,º Thusº saithºº the LORD,º Shalt thouº buildºº me an houseº for me to dwellº in?ºº

 7:6 for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

 7:6 Whereasº I have notº dweltºº in [any] houseº since the timeºº that I brought upººº the childrenº of Israelº out of Egypt,ºº even toº thisº day,º but haveº walkedºº in a tentº and in a tabernacle.º

 7:7 In all places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?

 7:7 In allº [the places] whereinº I have walkedºº with allº the childrenº of Israelº spakeºº I a wordº withº anyº of the tribesº of Israel,º whomº I commandedºº to feedººº my peopleºº Israel,º saying,ºº Whyº buildºº ye notº me an houseº of cedar?º

 7:8 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel;

 7:8 Nowº thereforeº so shalt thou sayºº unto my servantº David,º Thusº saithºº the LORDº of hosts,º Iº tookºº thee fromº the sheepcote,º from followingºº the sheep,º to beº rulerº overº my people,º overº Israel:º

 7:9 and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.

 7:9 And I wasº withº thee whithersoeverºº thou wentest,ºº and have cut offººº allº thine enemiesºº out of thy sight,ºº and have madeºº thee a greatº name,º like unto the nameº of the greatº [men] thatº [are] in the earth.º

 7:10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,

 7:10 Moreover I will appointºº a placeº for my peopleº Israel,º and will plantºº them, that they may dwellºº in a placeº of their own, and moveºº noº more;º neitherº shall the childrenº of wickednessº afflictºº them any more,ºº asº beforetime,º

 7:11 and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house.

 7:11 And as sinceº the timeº thatº I commandedºº judgesºº [to be] overº my peopleº Israel,º and have caused thee to restºº from allºº thine enemies.ºº Also the LORDº tellethºº thee thatº he will makeºº thee an house.º

 7:12 ¶ When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

 7:12 ¶ And whenº thy daysº be fulfilled,ºº and thou shalt sleepºº withº thy fathers,º I will set upººº thy seedº afterº thee, whichº shall proceedºº out of thy bowels,ºº and I will establishººº his kingdom.º

 7:13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

 7:13 Heº shall buildºº an houseº for my name,º and I will stablishººº the throneº of his kingdomº forº ever.ºº

 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

 7:14 Iº will beº his father,º and heº shall beº my son.º Ifº he commit iniquity,ºº I will chastenºº him with the rodº of men,ºº and with the stripesº of the childrenº of men:º

 7:15 but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

 7:15 But my mercyº shall notº depart awayºº fromº him, asº I tookºº [it] fromºº Saul,º whomº I put awayºº beforeºº thee.

 7:16 And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

 7:16 And thine houseº and thy kingdomº shall be establishedºº forºº everºº beforeº thee: thy throneº shall beº establishedºº forº ever.ºº

 7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

 7:17 According to allº theseº words,º and according to allº thisº vision,º soº did Nathanº speakºº untoº David.º

 7:18 ¶ Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

 7:18 ¶ Then wentºº kingº Davidº in, and satºº beforeº the LORD,ºº and he said,ºº Whoº [am] I,º O Lordº GOD?º and whatº [is] my house,º thatº thou hast broughtºº me hitherto?ºº

 7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come; and this [too] after the manner of men, O Lord Jehovah!

 7:19 And thisº was yetº a smallº thingºº in thy sight,º O Lordº GOD;º but thou hast spokenºº alsoº ofº thy servant'sº houseº for a great while to come.ºº And [is] thisº the mannerº of man,º O Lordº GOD?º

 7:20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord Jehovah.

 7:20 And whatº canºº Davidº sayººº moreººº untoº thee? for thou,º Lordº GOD,º knowestººº thy servant.º

 7:21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.

 7:21 For thy word'sº sake,ºº and according to thine own heart,º hast thou doneººº allº theseº great things,º to makeº thy servantº knowºº [them].

 7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O Jehovah God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

 7:22 Whereforeºº thou art great,ºº O LORDº God:ºº forº [there is] noneº like thee,º neitherº [is there any] Godº besideº thee, according to allº thatº we have heardºº with our ears.º

 7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemest to thee out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?

 7:23 And whatº oneº nationº in the earthº [is] like thy people,º [even] like Israel,º whomº Godº wentºº to redeemºº for a peopleº to himself, and to makeºº him a name,º and to doºº for you greatº thingsº and terrible,ºº for thy land,º beforeºº thy people,º whichº thou redeemedstºº to thee from Egypt,ºº [from] the nationsº and their gods?º

 7:24 And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.

 7:24 For thou hast confirmedºº to thyselfº thy peopleº Israelº [to be] a peopleº unto thee forº ever:ºº and thou,º LORD,º art becomeºº their God.º

 7:25 And now, O Jehovah God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm thou it for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.

 7:25 And now,º O LORDº God,º the wordº thatº thou hast spokenºº concerningº thy servant,º and concerningº his house,º establishºº [it] forº ever,ºº and doºº asº thou hast said.ºº

 7:26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee.

 7:26 And let thy nameº be magnifiedºº forº ever,ºº saying,ºº The LORDº of hostsº [is] the Godº overº Israel:º and let the houseº of thy servantº Davidº beº establishedºº beforeº thee.

 7:27 For thou, O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

 7:27 Forº thou,º O LORDº of hosts,º Godº of Israel,º hast revealedººº to thy servant,º saying,ºº I will buildºº thee an house:º thereforeºº hath thy servantº foundºº inº his heartº to prayººº thisº prayerº untoº thee.

 7:28 And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:

 7:28 And now,º O Lordº GOD,º thouº [art] thatº God,º and thy wordsº beº true,º and thou hast promisedººº thisº goodnessº untoº thy servant:º

 7:29 now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

 7:29 Therefore nowº let it pleaseººº thee to blessººº the houseº of thy servant,º that it may continueº for everº beforeº thee: forº thou,º O Lordº GOD,º hast spokenºº [it]: and with thy blessingºº let the houseº of thy servantº be blessedºº for ever.º