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2 Samuel 7:29 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Now therefore, let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord GOD, have spoken it. Let the house of your servant be blessed forever with your blessing.” "
2 Samuel 7:29
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
27 For you, LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.
28 “Now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.
29 Now therefore, let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord GOD, have spoken it. Let the house of your servant be blessed forever with your blessing.”
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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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