a 1 Kin 5:3, 4; 8:19
b Josh 18:1; 1 Kin 8:16
c Ex 40:18, 34
e Lev 26:11, 12
f 2 Sam 5:2
g 1 Sam 16:11, 12; Ps 78:70, 71
h 2 Sam 6:21
i 1 Sam 5:10
j Ps 18:37-42
k Ex 15:17; Is 5:2, 7
l Ps 89:22, 23; Is 60:18
n Judg 2:14-16; 1 Sam 12:9-11
o 2 Sam 7:1
p 1 Sam 25:28; 2 Sam 7:27
q 1 Kin 2:1
r Deut 31:16; Acts 13:36
s 1 Kin 8:20; Ps 132:11
v 1 Kin 6:12; 8:19
w Is 9:7; 49:8
x Ps 89:26, 27; 2 Cor 6:18; Heb 1:5
y 1 Kin 11:34; Ps 89:30-33
z 1 Sam 15:23; 16:14
aa 2 Sam 7:13; Ps 89:36, 37

2 Samuel 7:5-16

5“Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord, a“Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in? 6“For bI have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about cin a tent, even in a ▼
▼ Lit dwelling place
tabernacle. 7 e“Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, fwhich I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’

God’s Covenant with David

8“Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, g“I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, hto be ruler over My people Israel. 9 i“I have been with you wherever you have gone and jhave cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the names of the great men who are on the earth. 10“I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and kwill plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, lnor will the ▼
▼ Lit sons of wickedness
wicked afflict them any more as formerly, 11even nfrom the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and oI will give you rest from all your enemies. The Lord also declares to you that pthe Lord will make a house for you. 12 q“When your days are complete and you rlie down with your fathers, sI will raise up your ▼
▼ Lit seed
descendant after you, who will come forth from ▼
▼ Lit your bowels
you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 v“He shall build a house for My name, and wI will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 x“I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; ywhen he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, 15but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, zas I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 aa“Your house and your kingdom shall endure before ▼
▼ So with Gr and some ancient mss; M.T. you
Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’”
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