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When your life is complete and you're buried with your ancestors, then I'll raise up your child to succeed you, a child from your own body, and I'll firmly establish his rule.
12
He will build a house to honor me, and I will guarantee his kingdom's rule forever.
13
I'll be a father to him, and he'll be a son to me. I will never remove my gracious love from him as I did from the one who preceded you.
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I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will always be there, rock solid."
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Nathan gave David a complete and accurate report of everything he heard and saw in the vision.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.