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"When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
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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 commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
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But My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
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And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever." ' "
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According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
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Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said: "Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
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And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O Lord God; and You have also spoken of Your servant's house for a great while to come. Is this the manner of man, O Lord God?
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Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord God, know Your servant.
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For Your word's sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them.
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Therefore You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.