( AT)’”ġ7 Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation. 16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me your throne ( AR) will be established ( AS) forever. 15 But my love will never be taken away from him, ( AP) as I took it away from Saul, ( AQ) whom I removed from before you. ( AM) When he does wrong, I will punish him ( AN) with a rod ( AO) wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. ( AL) 14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. ( AI) 13 He is the one who will build a house ( AJ) for my Name, ( AK) and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. “‘The Lord declares ( AD) to you that the Lord himself will establish ( AE) a house ( AF) for you: 12 When your days are over and you rest ( AG) with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, ( AH) and I will establish his kingdom.

(1-2) The transformation of Jesus before His disciples. I will also give you rest from all your enemies. Matthew 17 Jesus Transfigured, Triumphant, and Taxed A. ( Y) Wicked ( Z) people will not oppress them anymore, ( AA) as they did at the beginning 11 and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders ( AB) over my people Israel. ( W) 10 And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant ( X) them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. ( V) Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth. ( T) 9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, ( U) and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. 3 Nathan replied to the king, Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the Lord is. 7 After the king was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, 2 he said to Nathan the prophet, Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent. ( M) 7 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, ( N) did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherd ( O) my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house ( P) of cedar? ( Q)”’Ĩ “Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, ( R) and appointed you ruler ( S) over my people Israel. 2 Samuel 7:1-17 New International Version (NIV) God’s Promise to David. ( K) I have been moving from place to place with a tent ( L) as my dwelling. 5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you ( I) the one to build me a house to dwell in? ( J) 6 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day.

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