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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Samuel 7 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_samuel/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_samuel/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > 2 Samuel 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_samuel/6.htm" title="2 Samuel 6">◄</a> 2 Samuel 7 <a href="../2_samuel/8.htm" title="2 Samuel 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/7-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">God’s Covenant with David<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And it came to pass when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him an inheritance on every side <i>free</i> from all his enemies round about him; <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>that the king said to Nathan the prophet, Behold now, I live in a house of cedar, and the ark of the Lord dwells in the midst of a tent. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Nathan said to the king, Go and do all that <i>is</i> in thine heart, for the Lord <i>is</i> with thee.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Go, and say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt to this day, but I have been walking in a lodge and in a tent, <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>wheresoever I went with all Israel. Have I ever spoken to any of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to tend my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of Cedar?<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And now thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord Almighty, I took thee from the sheep-cote, that thou shouldest be a prince over my people, over Israel. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And I was with thee wheresoever thou wentest, and I destroyed all thine enemies before thee, and I made thee renowned according to the renown of the great ones on the earth. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell by themselves, and shall be no more distressed; and the son of iniquity shall no more afflict them, as he <i>has done</i> from the beginning, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>from the days when I appointed judges over my people Israel: and I will give thee rest from all thine enemies, and the Lord will tell thee that thou shalt build a house to him. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And it shall come to pass when thy days shall have been fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, even thine own issue, and I will establish his kingdom. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He shall build for me a house to my name, and I will set up his throne even for ever. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. And when he happens to transgress, then will I chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But my mercy I will not take from him, as I took it from those whom I removed from my presence. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And his house shall be made sure, and his kingdom for ever before me, and his throne shall be set up for ever. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.<p> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And king David came in, and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord, my Lord, and what <i>is</i> my house, that thou hast loved me hitherto? <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Whereas I was very little before thee, O Lord, my Lord, yet thou spokest concerning the house of thy servant for a long time to <i>to come</i>. And <i>is</i> this the law of man, O Lord, my Lord? <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And what shall David yet say to thee? and now thou knowest thy servant, O Lord, my Lord. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And thou hast wrought for thy servant's sake, and according to thy heart thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make it known to thy servant, <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>that he may magnify thee, O my Lord; for there is no one like thee, and there is no God, but thou among all of whom we have heard with our ears. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And what other nation in the earth <i>is</i> as thy people Israel? whereas God was his guide, to redeem for himself a people to make thee a name, to do mightily and nobly, so that thou shouldest cast out nations an <i>their</i> tabernacles from the presence of thy people, whom thou didst redeem for thyself out of Egypt? <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And thou has prepared for thyself thy people Israel to be a people for ever, and thou, Lord, art become their God. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And now, O my Lord, the Almighty Lord God of Israel, confirm the word for ever which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and his house: and now as thou hast said, <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Let thy name be magnified for ever. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Almighty Lord God of Israel, thou hast uncovered the ear of thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house: therefore thy servant has found <i>in</i> his heart to pray this prayer to thee. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And now, O Lord my Lord, thou art God; and thy words will be true, and thou hast spoken these good things concerning thy servant. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And now begin and bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord, my Lord, hast spoken, and the house of thy servant shall be blessed with thy blessing so as to continue for ever.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_samuel/6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_samuel/8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>