1Now when David was dwelling in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet: Behold I dwell in a house of cedar: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under skins.

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1 Chronicles 15:1, 1 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 6:7, 2 Chronicles 6:9, 1 Chronicles 15:1

2And Nathan said to David: Do all that is in thy heart: for God is with thee.

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1 Chronicles 28:2, 1 Corinthians 13:9, 1 Chronicles 28:2, 1 Corinthians 13:9, Joshua 9:14

3Now that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:

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2 Kings 20:1, 2 Kings 20:5, Numbers 12:6, Amos 3:7, Isaiah 30:21

4Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in.

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1 Chronicles 28:2, 1 Chronicles 28:3, 1 Chronicles 28:2, 1 Chronicles 28:3, Romans 11:33

5For I have not remained in a house from the time that I brought up Israel, to this day: but I have been always changing places in a tabernacle, and in a tent,

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2 Samuel 7:6, 2 Samuel 7:6, 1 Kings 8:16, Exodus 40:2, Exodus 40:3

6Abiding with all Israel. Did I ever speak to any one, of all the judges of Israel whom I charged to feed my people, saying: Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

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2 Samuel 7:7, 2 Samuel 7:7, Revelation 2:1, Matthew 2:6, Numbers 10:33

7Now therefore thus shalt thou say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I took thee from the pastures, from following the flock, that thou shouldst be ruler of my people Israel.

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2 Samuel 6:21, 2 Samuel 6:21, Exodus 3:1, Exodus 3:10, Exodus 3:1

8And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone: and have slain all thy enemies before thee, and have made thee a name like that of one of the great ones that are renowned in the earth.

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1 Samuel 18:14, 1 Chronicles 17:2, 1 Samuel 18:14, 1 Chronicles 17:2, Psalms 46:7

9And I have given a place my people Israel: they shall be planted, and shall dwell therein, and shall be moved no more, neither shall the children of iniquity waste them, as at the beginning,

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Exodus 1:13, Exodus 1:14, Ephesians 5:6, Exodus 2:23, Ezekiel 36:14

10Since the days that I gave judges to my people Israel, and have humbled all thy enemies. And I declare to thee, that the Lord will build thee a house.

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2 Samuel 7:11, 2 Samuel 7:11, Judges 2:14, Judges 2:18, Psalms 18:40

11And when thou shalt have ended thy days to go to thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons: and I will establish his kingdom.

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Psalms 132:11, Psalms 132:11, 1 Chronicles 29:15, 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 7:13

12He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

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1 Kings 5:5, Isaiah 9:7, Daniel 2:44, 1 Kings 5:5, Isaiah 9:7

13I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee.

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Hebrews 1:5, Hebrews 1:5, Psalms 2:12, 1 Chronicles 17:12, 1 Samuel 15:28

14But I will settle him in my house, and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be most firm for ever.

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Psalms 89:36, Psalms 89:36, Luke 1:32, Luke 1:33, Psalms 72:17

15According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.

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Acts 20:27, 2 Samuel 7:17, Jeremiah 23:28, Acts 20:27, 2 Samuel 7:17

16And king David came and sat before the Lord, and said: Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou shouldst give such things to me?

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Genesis 32:10, 2 Samuel 7:18, Genesis 32:10, 2 Samuel 7:18, Ephesians 3:8

17But even this hath seemed little in thy sight, and therefore thou hast also spoken concerning the house of thy servant for the time to come: and hast made me remarkable above all men, O Lord God.

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Philippians 2:8, Philippians 2:11, 1 Chronicles 17:7, 1 Chronicles 17:8, 1 Chronicles 17:11

18What can David add more, seeing thou hast thus glorified thy servant, and known him?

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Revelation 2:23, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Samuel 2:30, 2 Samuel 7:20, 2 Samuel 7:24

19O Lord, for thy servant's sake, according to thy own heart, thou hast shewn all this magnificence, and wouldst have all the great things to be known.

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Isaiah 37:35, Isaiah 37:35, Isaiah 49:3, Isaiah 49:5, Isaiah 49:6

20O Lord there is none like thee: and here is no other God beside thee, of all whom we have heard of with our ears.

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Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 44:6, Jeremiah 10:6, Jeremiah 10:7, Ephesians 3:20

21For what other nation is there upon earth like thy people Israel, whom God went to deliver, and make a people for himself, and by his greatness and terrors cast out nations before their face whom he had delivered out of Egypt?

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Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:10, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:10, Deuteronomy 15:15

22And thou hast made thy people Israel to be thy own people for ever, and thou, O Lord, art become their God.

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Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, 1 Peter 2:9

23Now therefore, O Lord, let the word which thou hast spoken to thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.

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Jeremiah 11:5, Psalms 119:49, Luke 1:38, Jeremiah 11:5, Psalms 119:49

24And let thy name remain and be magnified for ever: and let it be said: The Lord of hosts is God of Israel, and the house of David his servant remaineth before him.

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John 17:1, 2 Chronicles 6:33, Psalms 90:17, Hebrews 8:10, Matthew 6:13

25For thou, O Lord my God, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, that thou wilt build him a house: and therefore thy servant hath found confidence to pray before thee.

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Psalms 10:17, 1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15, Ezekiel 36:37, 1 Samuel 9:15

26And now O Lord, thou art God: and thou hast promised to thy servant such great benefits.

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Hebrews 6:18, Exodus 34:6, Exodus 34:7, Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:18

27And thou hast begun to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be always before thee: for seeing thou blessest it, O Lord, it shall be blessed for ever.

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Ephesians 1:3, Ephesians 1:3, Romans 11:29, Romans 11:29, Psalms 72:17