2 Samuel 7:1-14 (New Living Translation)
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When the LORD had brought peace to the land and King David was settled in his palace,
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David summoned Nathan the prophet. "Look!" David said. "Here I am living in this beautiful cedar palace, but the Ark of God is out in a tent!"
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Nathan replied, "Go ahead and do what you have in mind, for the LORD is with you."
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But that same night the LORD said to Nathan,
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"Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build me a temple to live in?
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I have never lived in a temple, from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until now. My home has always been a tent, moving from one place to another.
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And I have never once complained to Israel's leaders, the shepherds of my people Israel. I have never asked them, "Why haven't you built me a beautiful cedar temple?"'
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"Now go and say to my servant David, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: I chose you to lead my people Israel when you were just a shepherd boy, tending your sheep out in the pasture.
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I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies. Now I will make your name famous throughout the earth!
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And I have provided a permanent homeland for my people Israel, a secure place where they will never be disturbed. It will be their own land where wicked nations won't oppress them as they did in the past,
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from the time I appointed judges to rule my people. And I will keep you safe from all your enemies. "'And now the LORD declares that he will build a house for you – a dynasty of kings!
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For when you die, I will raise up one of your descendants, and I will make his kingdom strong.
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He is the one who will build a house – a temple – for my name. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
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I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he sins, I will use other nations to punish him.
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