2 Samuel 7:18-29
1599 Geneva Bible
18 ¶ Then King David went in, and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God, therefore thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while: but [a]doth this appertain to [b]man, O Lord God?
20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant.
21 For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart hast thou done all these great things, to make them known unto thy servant.
22 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
23 (A)And what one people in the earth is like thy people, like Israel? whose God went and redeemed them to himself, that they might be his people, and that he might make him a name, and do for [c]you great things, and terrible for [d]thy land, O Lord, even for thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the [e]nations, and their gods?
24 For thou hast [f]ordained to thyself thy people Israel to be thy people forever: and thou Lord art become their God.
25 Now therefore, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and his house, and do as thou hast said.
26 And let thy Name be magnified forever by them that shall say, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel, and let the [g]house of thy servant David be established before thee.
27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed unto thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant [h]been bold to pray this prayer unto thee.
28 Therefore now, O Lord God, (for thou art God, and thy words be true, and thou hast told this goodness unto thy servant.)
29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast [i]spoken it: and let the house of thy servant be blessed forever with thy blessing.
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- 2 Samuel 7:19 Hebrew, is this the law of man?
- 2 Samuel 7:19 Cometh not this rather of thy free mercy, than of any worthiness that can be in man?
- 2 Samuel 7:23 O Israel.
- 2 Samuel 7:23 And inheritance, which is Israel.
- 2 Samuel 7:23 From the Egyptians and their idols.
- 2 Samuel 7:24 He showeth that God’s free election is the only cause, why the Israelites were chosen to be his people.
- 2 Samuel 7:26 This prayer is most effectual, when we chiefly seek God’s glory, and the accomplishment of his promise.
- 2 Samuel 7:27 Hebrew, found his heart disposed.
- 2 Samuel 7:29 Therefore I firmly believe it shall come to pass.
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