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2 Samuel 7:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Your house and your kingdom will be made sure forever before you. Your throne will be established forever.”’” "

2 Samuel 7:16

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14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men;

15 but my loving kindness will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.

16 Your house and your kingdom will be made sure forever before you. Your throne will be established forever.”’”

17 Nathan spoke to David all these words, and according to all this vision.

18 Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD; and he said, “Who am I, Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

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"Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting."

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"But King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will be established before the LORD forever.”"

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"‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah."

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2 Samuel 7:1

"When the king lived in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies all around,"

2 Samuel 7:2

"the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”"

2 Samuel 7:3

"Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”"

2 Samuel 7:4

"That same night, the LORD’s word came to Nathan, saying,"

2 Samuel 7:5

"“Go and tell my servant David, ‘The LORD says, “Should you build me a house for me to dwell in?"

2 Samuel 7:6

"For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought the children of Israel up out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle."

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