Verse 8
2 Samuel 7:8
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ֠/עַתָּה כֹּֽה תֹאמַ֞ר לְ/עַבְדִּ֣/י לְ/דָוִ֗ד כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת אֲנִ֤י לְקַחְתִּ֨י/ךָ֙ מִן הַ/נָּוֶ֔ה מֵ/אַחַ֖ר הַ/צֹּ֑אן לִֽ/הְי֣וֹת נָגִ֔יד עַל עַמִּ֖/י עַל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And now, thus you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the LORD of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel.
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Chapter 7 Context
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And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest from all his e...
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that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God...
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And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart; for Jehovah is with thee.
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And it came to pass the same night, that the word of Jehovah came unto Nathan, saying,
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Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?
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for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt,...
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In all places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with any of the...
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Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee fr...
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and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before...
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And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their o...
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and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause thee to re...
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When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after the...
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He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
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I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod...
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but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee...
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And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure forever before thee: thy throne shall be establishe...
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According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
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Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what...
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And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy serva...
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And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord Jehovah.
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For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make...
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Wherefore thou art great, O Jehovah God (Elohim): for there is none like thee, neither is there any...
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And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God (Elohim) went to red...
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And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee forever; and thou, Je...
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And now, O Jehovah God (Elohim), the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerni...
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And let thy name be magnified forever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God (Elohim) over Israel; and the...
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For thou, O Jehovah of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I wi...
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And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art God (Elohim), and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this...
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now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever bef...
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