1It happened, when the king lived in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies all around,

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1 Kings 5:4, Proverbs 16:7, 1 Kings 5:4, Proverbs 16:7, 2 Chronicles 14:6

2that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains."

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2 Samuel 5:11, 2 Samuel 5:11, 2 Samuel 12:1, 2 Samuel 12:1, Exodus 26:1

3Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart; for the Lord is with you."

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1 Chronicles 22:7, 1 Chronicles 22:7, 1 Kings 8:17, 1 Kings 8:18, 1 Kings 8:17

4It happened the same night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

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1 Chronicles 17:3, 1 Chronicles 17:3, Numbers 12:6, Numbers 12:6, Amos 3:7

5"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord, "Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

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1 Kings 5:3, 1 Kings 5:4, 1 Kings 5:3, 1 Kings 5:4, 1 Chronicles 22:7

6For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.

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1 Kings 8:16, 1 Kings 8:16, Joshua 18:1, Exodus 40:18, Exodus 40:19

7In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I say a word to any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'

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1 Chronicles 17:6, 1 Chronicles 17:6, 2 Samuel 5:2, 2 Samuel 5:2, Leviticus 26:11

8Now therefore you shall tell my servant David this, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, "I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel.

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Psalms 78:70, Psalms 78:71, Psalms 78:70, Psalms 78:71, 1 Samuel 16:11

9I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.

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2 Samuel 5:10, 2 Samuel 5:10, 1 Chronicles 17:8, 1 Chronicles 17:8, 2 Samuel 8:6

10I 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,

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Amos 9:15, Amos 9:15, 1 Chronicles 17:9, 1 Chronicles 17:9, Jeremiah 24:6

11and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover the Lord tells you that the Lord will make you a house.

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2 Samuel 7:27, 2 Samuel 7:27, 2 Samuel 7:1, 2 Samuel 7:1, 1 Chronicles 17:10

12When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

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1 Kings 2:1, 1 Kings 8:20, Acts 2:30, 1 Kings 2:1, 1 Kings 8:20

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

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1 Kings 8:19, Luke 1:31, Luke 1:33, 1 Kings 8:19, Luke 1:31

14I 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 stripes of the children of men;

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Hebrews 1:5, Hebrews 1:5, Revelation 3:19, Revelation 3:19, 1 Chronicles 28:6

15but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.

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1 Samuel 15:23, 1 Samuel 15:23, 1 Samuel 15:28, Psalms 89:28, 1 Samuel 15:28

16Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever."'"

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Psalms 89:36, Psalms 89:37, Psalms 89:36, Psalms 89:37, Luke 1:32

17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

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1 Chronicles 17:15, 1 Chronicles 17:15, Acts 20:20, 1 Corinthians 15:3, Acts 20:27

18Then David the king went in, and sat before the Lord; and he said, "Who am I, Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

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Psalms 8:4, Psalms 8:4, 1 Chronicles 17:16, 1 Chronicles 17:16, 1 Samuel 18:18

19This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord God; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come; and this after the way of men, Lord God!

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Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9, Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9, 1 Chronicles 17:17

20What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Lord God.

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John 21:17, 1 Samuel 16:7, John 21:17, 1 Samuel 16:7, Psalms 139:1

21For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, you have worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.

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Psalms 115:1, Psalms 115:1, Ephesians 1:9, Luke 12:32, Psalms 138:2

22Therefore you are great, Lord God. For there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

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Psalms 86:10, Psalms 86:10, Psalms 86:8, Exodus 15:11, Psalms 86:8

23What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make himself a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to yourself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

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Deuteronomy 9:26, Deuteronomy 10:21, Deuteronomy 9:26, Deuteronomy 10:21, Deuteronomy 33:29

24You established for yourself your people Israel to be a people to you forever; and you, Lord, became their God.

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Deuteronomy 26:18, Deuteronomy 26:18, 1 Peter 2:10, 1 Peter 2:10, Genesis 17:7

25Now, Lord God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do as you have spoken.

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Psalms 119:49, Psalms 119:49, Ezekiel 36:37, Ezekiel 36:37, Genesis 32:12

26Let your name be magnified forever, saying, 'The Lord of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of your servant David shall be established before you.'

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1 Chronicles 17:23, 1 Chronicles 17:24, 1 Chronicles 17:23, 1 Chronicles 17:24, Matthew 6:9

27For you, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.

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1 Chronicles 17:25, 1 Chronicles 17:26, 1 Chronicles 17:25, 1 Chronicles 17:26, Ruth 4:4

28"Now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

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John 17:17, John 17:17, Exodus 34:6, Numbers 23:19, Exodus 34:6

29Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord God, have spoken it. Let the house of your servant be blessed forever with your blessing."

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1 Chronicles 17:27, Numbers 6:24, Numbers 6:26, 1 Chronicles 17:27, Numbers 6:24