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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 AKJV</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AKJV</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 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">American King James Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">David Plans a Temple</p><p class="reg"><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 rest round about from all his enemies; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>That the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you.</p> <a name="4" id="4"></a><p class="hdg">God's Covenant with David<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../1_chronicles/17.htm">1 Chronicles 17:1-15</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Go and tell my servant David, Thus said the LORD, Shall you build me an house for me to dwell in? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Whereas I have not dwelled 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build you not me an house of cedar?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now therefore so shall you say to my servant David, Thus said the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And I was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name, like to the name of the great men that are in the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you an house. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And when your days be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And your house and your kingdom shall be established for ever before you: your throne shall be established for ever. <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 did Nathan speak to David.</p> <a name="18" id="18"></a><p class="hdg">David's Prayer of Thanksgiving<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../1_chronicles/17.htm#16">1 Chronicles 17:16-27</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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 you have brought me till now? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O Lord GOD; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And what can David say more to you? for you, Lord GOD, know your servant. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all these great things, to make your servant know them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Why you are great, O LORD God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And what one nation in the earth is like your 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 your land, before your people, which you redeemed to you from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For you have confirmed to yourself your people Israel to be a people to you for ever: and you, LORD, are become their God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as you have said. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And let your name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of your servant David be established before you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you an house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And now, O Lord GOD, you are that God, and your words be true, and you have promised this goodness to your servant: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue for ever before you: for you, O Lord GOD, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed for ever.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The American King James Version is Produced by Stone Engelbrite. 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