2 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 7

The Lord ’s Covenant Promise to David

1When King David was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all the surrounding enemies,

2the king summoned Nathan the prophet. “Look,” David said, “I am living in a beautiful cedar palace, but the Ark of God is out there in a tent!”[#7:2 Hebrew a house of cedar.]

3Nathan replied to the king, “Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.”

4But that same night the Lord said to Nathan,

17So Nathan went back to David and told him everything the Lord had said in this vision.

David’s Prayer of Thanks

18Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and prayed,

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