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2 Samuel 7 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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God’s Covenant with David
God’s Promise to David
(1 Chr. 17:1–15 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:1 - Now it came to pass when the king was dwelling in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies all around,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 - that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:3 - Then Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:4 - But it happened that night that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:5 - “Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:6 - “For I have not dwelt in a house since the time that I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt, even to this day, but have moved about in a tent and in a tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - “Wherever I have moved about with all the children of Israel, have I ever spoken a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’ ” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “Now therefore, thus shall you say to 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:9 - “And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 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; nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them anymore, as previously,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 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.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:12 - “When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:13 - “He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 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 blows of the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:15 - “But My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:16 - “And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you.[fn] Your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:17 - According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
David’s Thanksgiving to God
(1 Chr. 17:16–27 )

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:18 - Then King David went 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 this far?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19 - “And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O Lord GOD; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come. Is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:20 - “Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord GOD, know Your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:21 - “For Your word’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22 - “Therefore You are great, O Lord GOD.[fn] For 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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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23 - “And who is like Your people, like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Himself a name—and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land—before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:24 - “For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, LORD, have become their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:25 - “Now, O LORD God, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever and do as You have said.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:26 - “So 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:27 - “For You, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to You.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:28 - “And now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:29 - “Now therefore, let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for You, O Lord GOD, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
That is, a royal dynasty
Septuagint reads Me.
Targum and Syriac read O LORD God.
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2 Samuel Chapter 7 — Additional Translations:

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