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*1 Dauid wolde buylde God an house, but is forbidden by the Prophet Nathan. 8 God putteth Dauid in minde of his benefites. 12 He promiseth continuance of his kingdome and posteritie.*

1.Afterwarde ^* whē the King sate in his house and the Lord had giuen him rest round about from all his enemies,

2.The King said vnto Nathán the Prophet, Beholde, now I dwel in an house of cedar trees, and the Arke of God remaineth within the ^a curtaines.

3.Then Nathán said vnto the King, Go, and do all that is in thine heart: for the Lord is with thee.

4.And the same night the worde of the Lord came vnto Nathán, saying,

5.Go, and tel my seruāt Dauid, Thus saith the Lord, ^b Shalt thou buyld me an house for my dwelling?

6.For I haue dwelt in no house since the time that I broght the children of Israél out of Egypt vnto this day, but haue walked in a tent and tabernacle.

7.In all the places wherein I haue walked with all the children of Israél, spake I one worde with anie of the tribes of ^c Israél whē I commanded the iudges to fede my people Israél: or said I, Why buyld ye not me an house of cedar trees?

8.Now therefore so say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes, ^* I toke thee from the shepecote following the shepe, that thou mightest be ruler ouer my people, ouer Israél.

9.And I was with thee wheresoeuer thou hast walked, and haue destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, and haue made thee a d great name, lyke vnto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 (Also I wil appoint a place for my people Israél, and wil plant it, that they may dwel in a place of their owne, and moue no more, nether shal ^e wicked people trouble them anie more as before time,

11.And since the time that I set iudges ouer my people of Israél) and I wil giue thee rest from all thine enemies: also the Lord telleth thee, y^t he wil make thee an house.

12.^* And when thy dayes be fulfilled, thou shalt slepe with thy fathers, & I wil set vp thy seede after thee, which shal procede out of thy body, and wil stablish his kingdome.

13.^* He shal buyld an house for my Name, and I wil stablish the throne of his kingdome for euer.

14.^* I wil be his father, & he shalbe my sonne: & ^* if he sinne, I wil chasten him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of m n.

15.But my mercy ^f shal not departe away frō him, as I toke it from Saúl whome I haue put away before thee.

16.And thine house shalbe stablished and thy kingdome for euer before thee, euen thy throne shalbe ^g stablished for euer.

17.According to all these wordes, and according to all this vision, Nathán spake thus vnto Dauid.

18.Then King Dauid went in, and sate before the Lord, & said, Who am I, ô Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast broght me hitherto?

19.And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, ô Lord God, therefore thou hast spoke also of thy seruāts house for a great while: but ^h doeth this apperteine to mā, ô Lord God?

20.And what can Dauid say more vnto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy seruant.

21.For thy wordes sake, and according to thine owne heart hast thou done all these great things, to make them knowen vnto thy seruant.

22.Wherefore thou art great, ô Lord God: for there is none like thee, nether is there anie god besides thee, according to all that we haue heard with our eares.

23.^* And what one people in y^e earth is like thy people, like Israél? whom God went & redemed thē to him selfe, that they might be his people, and that he might make him a name, & do for ⁱ you great things, & terrible for thy ^k lād, ô Lord, euen for thy people, whom thou redemest to thee out of Egypt, from the ^l nacions, and their gods? ^* *Deut. 4, 7.* ^* ⁱ O Israél and inheritance, which is Israél. ^* ^k From the Egyptians and their idoles. ^* ^l He sheweth that Gods free election is the onely cause, why the Israelites were chosen to be his people.

24.For thou hast ^m ordeined thy people Israél to be thy people for euer: and thou Lord art become their God.

25.Now therefore, ô Lord God, confirme for euer the worde that thou hast spoken concerning thy seruant and his house, and do as thou hast said.

26.And let thy Name be magnified for euer by them that shal say, The Lord of hostes is the God ouer Israél: and let the ⁿ house of thy seruant Dauid be stablished before thee. ^* ⁿ This prayer is moste effectual, whē we chiefly seke Gods glorie, and the accomplishment of his promes.

27.For thou, ô Lord of hostes, God of Israél, hast ^o reueiled vnto thy seruant, saying, I wil buyld thee an house: therefore hathe thy seruant ^p bene bolde to pray this prayer vnto thee. ^* ^o Or, founde his heart disposed.

28.Therefore now, ô Lord God, (for thou art God, and thy wordes be true, and thou hast tolde this goodnes vnto thy seruāt)

29.The^qefore now let it please thee to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it may cōtinue for euer before thee: for thou, ô Lord God, hast ^r spoken it: and let the house of thy seruant be blessed for euer, with thy blessing. ^* ^r Therefore I firmely beleue it shal come to passe.

2 Samuel 7

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