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David Plans a Temple; David's Prayer
2 Samuel
Chapter VII
1 Nathan, first approving the purpose of David to build God a house, 4 After by the word of God forbids him, 12 God promises him benefits and blessings in his seed, 18 David's prayer and thanksgiving
1 Chr 17:1;Dan 4:29-30And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
2 Sam 5:11;Exo 26:12 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
1 Chr 22:7;1 Kin 8:173 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee.
4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,
5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
1 Kin 8:166 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
Act 20:28;Mat 2:6;Eze 34:237 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
Gen 12:2;1 Chr 17:8;Luk 1:529 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
Amo 9:15;Jer 24:6;Psa 44:210 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; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
1 Kin 2:1;Deu 31:16;Act 13:3612 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
Psa 89:4;1 Kin 5:513 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
Heb 1:5;Psa 89:3014 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
1 Sam 15:2315 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
Psa 89:36-37;Joh 12:3416 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
Gen 32:1018 Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
Isa 55:819 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God?
Gen 18:1920 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant.
Eph 4:3221 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
Isa 45:5;Psa 86:8;1 Sam 2:222 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Neh 1:10;Psa 147:20;Deu 4:723 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
Deu 26:1824 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God.
25 And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
Psa 72:19;Mat 6:926 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
Joh 17:1728 And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.