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[1]Now it came to pass when the king was dwelling in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest from all his enemies all around,
[2]that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is dwelling inside tent curtains.
[3]And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart, for Jehovah is with you.
[4]And it happened that night that the Word of Jehovah came to Nathan, saying,
[5]Go and say to My servant David, Thus says Jehovah: Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?
[6]For I have not dwelt in a house since the day 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.
[7]Wherever I have moved about with all the children of Israel, have I 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?
[8]Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, Thus says Jehovah of Hosts: I have taken you from the pastures, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.
[9]And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies before you, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth.
[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, without being disturbed; nor shall the sons of unrighteousness afflict them anymore, as before,
[11]since the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. And Jehovah has declared to you that He will make you a house.
[12]When your days are fulfilled and you have rested with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
[13]He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
[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 strokes of the sons of men.
[15]But My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
[16]And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.
[17]According to all these words and according to all this vision, thus Nathan spoke to David.
[18]Then King David went in and sat before Jehovah; and he said: Who am I, O Lord Jehovah? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
[19]And yet this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord Jehovah; and You have also spoken of Your servant's house for a great while to come. Is this the manner of man, O Lord Jehovah?
[20]Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord Jehovah, have known Your servant.
[21]Because of Your Word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them.
[22]Therefore You have been magnified, O Lord Jehovah. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
[23]And who is like Your people, like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God has gone to redeem as a people for Himself, to make a name for Himself; and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods?
[24]For You established Your people Israel unto Yourself as Your own people forever; and You, Jehovah, have become their God.
[25]Now, O Jehovah God, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever and do as You have spoken.
[26]And let Your name be magnified forever, saying, Jehovah of Hosts is the God over Israel. And let the house of Your servant David be established before You.
[27]For You, O Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, have disclosed this in Your servant's ear, saying, I will build you a house. Therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to You.
[28]And now, O Lord Jehovah, You are God, and Your Words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
[29]Now therefore, let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You; for You, O Lord Jehovah, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed forever.
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