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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 2 Samuel chapters

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5 through 7. Chapter 5 Then all the tribes of

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Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying,

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Indeed, we are your bone and your flesh. Also,

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in time past, when Saul was king over us, you

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were the one who led Israel out and brought them

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in. And the Lord said to you, You shall shepherd

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my people Israel and be ruler over Israel. Therefore

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all the elders of Israel came to the king at

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Hebron, and king David made a covenant with them

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at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed

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David king over Israel. David was thirty years

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old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty

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years. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven

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years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned

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thirty -three years over all Israel and Judah.

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And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against

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the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who

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spoke to David, saying, You shall not come in

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here, but the blind and the lame will repel you,

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thinking, David cannot come in here. Nevertheless,

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David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the

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city of David. Now David said on that day, Whoever

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climbs up by way of the water shaft and defeats

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the Jebusites, the lame and the blind, who are

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hated by David's soul, he shall be chief and

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captain. Therefore they say, The blind and the

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lame shall not come into the house. Then David

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dwelt in the stronghold and called it the city

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of David. And David built all around from the

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mellow and inward. So David went on and became

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great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.

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Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David

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and cedar trees and carpenters and masons, and

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they built David a house. So David knew that

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the Lord had established him as king over Israel,

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and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake

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of his people Israel. And David took more concubines

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and wives from Jerusalem after he had come from

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Hebron. Also more sons and daughters were born

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to David. Now these are the names of those who

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were born to him in Jerusalem. Now when the Philistines

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heard that they had anointed David king over

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Israel, all the Philistines went up to search

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for David. And David heard of it and went down

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to the stronghold. The Philistines also went

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and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.

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So David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall

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I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver

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them into my hand? And the Lord said to David,

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Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines

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into your hand. So David went to Baal -perazim,

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and David defeated them there. And he said, The

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Lord has broken through my enemies before me

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like a breakthrough of water. Therefore he called

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the name of that place Baal -perazim. And they

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left their images there. and David and his men

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carried them away. Then the Philistines went

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up once more, and deployed themselves in the

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valley of Rephaim. Therefore David inquired of

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the Lord, and he said, You shall not go up, circle

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around behind them, and come upon them in front

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of the mulberry trees. And it shall be, when

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you hear the sound of marching in the tops of

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the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly.

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for then the Lord will go out before you to strike

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the camp of the Philistines. And David did so

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as the Lord commanded him, and he drove back

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the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer. Again

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David gathered all the choice men of Israel thirty

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thousand. And David arose and went with all the

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people who were with him from Bela Judah to bring

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up from there the ark of God, whose name is called

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by the name the Lord of hosts, who dwells between

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the cherubim. So they set the ark of God on a

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new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab,

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which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ayah, the

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sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. And they

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brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which

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was on the hill, accompanying the ark of God.

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And Ayah went before the ark. Then David and

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all the house of Israel played music before the

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Lord on all kinds of instruments, of fir wood,

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on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines,

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on sistrums, and on cymbals. And when they came

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to Nahon's threshing floor, Uzzah put out his

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hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for

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the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the Lord

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was aroused against Uzzah. And God struck him

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there for his error, and he died there by the

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ark of God. And David became angry because of

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the Lord's outbreak against Uzzah. And he called

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the name of the place Perez Uzzah to this day.

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David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he

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said, How can the ark of the Lord come to me?

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So David would not move the ark of the Lord with

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him into the city of David. But David took it

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aside into the house of Obed -Edom the Gittite.

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The ark of the Lord remained in the house of

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Obed -Edom the Gittite three months, and the

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Lord blessed Obed -Edom and all his household.

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Now it was told King David, saying, The Lord

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has blessed the house of Obed -Edom and all that

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belongs to him because of the ark of God. So

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David went and brought up the ark of God from

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the house of Obed -Edom to the city of David

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with gladness. And so it was, when those bearing

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the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, that

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he sacrificed oxen and fatted sheep. Then David

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danced before the Lord with all his might, and

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David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and

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all the house of Israel brought up the ark of

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the Lord with shouting and with the sound of

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the trumpet. Now as the ark of the Lord came

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into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter,

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looked through a window and saw King David leaping

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and whirling before the Lord, and she despised

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him in her heart. So they brought the ark of

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the Lord and set it in its place in the midst

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of the tabernacle that David had erected for

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it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace

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offerings before the Lord. And when David had

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finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings,

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he blessed the people in the name of the Lord

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of hosts. Then he distributed among all the people,

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among the whole multitude of Israel, both the

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women and the men, to everyone a loaf of bread,

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a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins. So all

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the people departed, everyone to his house. Then

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David returned to bless his house, and Michal

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the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and

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said, How glorious was the king of Israel today,

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uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids

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of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly

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uncovers himself. So David said to Michal, It

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was before the Lord. who chose me instead of

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your father and all his house, to appoint me

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ruler over the people of the Lord over Israel.

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Therefore I will play music before the Lord,

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and I will be even more undignified than this,

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and will be humble in my own sight. But as for

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the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by

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them I will be held in honor. Therefore Michal,

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the daughter of Saul, had no children to the

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day of her death. Now it came to pass, when the

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king was dwelling in his house, and the Lord

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had given him rest from all his enemies all around,

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that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See

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now I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark

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of God dwells inside ten curtains. Then Nathan

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said to the king, Go do all that is in your heart,

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for the Lord is with you. But it happened that

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night that the word of the Lord came to Nathan,

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saying, Go and tell my servant David, thus says

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the Lord, Would you build a house for me to dwell

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in? For I have not dwelt in a house since the

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time that I brought the children of Israel up

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from Egypt, even to this day, but have moved

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about in a tent and in a tabernacle. Wherever

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I have moved about with all the children of Israel

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have I ever spoken a word to anyone from the

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tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd

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my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built

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me a house of cedar? Now therefore, thus shall

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you say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord

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of hosts, I took you from the sheepfold. from

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following the sheep to be ruler over my people

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over israel and i have been with you wherever

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you have gone and have cut off all your enemies

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from before you and have made you a great name

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like the name of the great men who are on the

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earth moreover i will appoint a place for my

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people israel and will plant them that they may

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dwell in a place of their own and move no more

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nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them

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anymore as previously, since the time that I

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commanded the judges to be over my people Israel,

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and I have caused you to rest from all your enemies.

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Also the Lord tells you that he will make you

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a house. When your days are fulfilled and you

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rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed

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after you, who will come from your body, and

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I will establish his kingdom. He shall build

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a house for my name, and I will establish the

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throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his

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father, and he shall be my son. If he commits

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iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of

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men and with the blows of the sons of men. But

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my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took

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it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

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And your house and your kingdom shall be established

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forever before you. Your throne shall be established

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forever. According to all these words and according

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to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

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Then King David went in and sat before the Lord.

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And he said, Who am I, O Lord God? And what is

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my house that you have brought me this far? and

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yet this was a small thing in your sight, O Lord

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God. And you have also spoken of your servant's

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house for a great while to come. Is this the

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manner of man, O Lord God? Now what more can

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David say to you? For you, Lord God, know your

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servant. For your word's sake and according to

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your own heart, you have done all these great

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things to make your servant know them. Therefore

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you are great, O Lord God, for there is none

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like you, nor is there any God besides you. according

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to all that we have heard with our ears. And

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who is like your people, like Israel, the one

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nation on the earth, whom God went to redeem

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for himself as a people, to make for himself

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a name, and to do for yourself great and awesome

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deeds for your land, before your people, whom

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you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, the nations

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and their gods. For you have made your people

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Israel, your very own people forever, and you,

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Lord, have become their God. Now, O Lord God,

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the word which you have spoken concerning your

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servant and concerning his house, establish it

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forever, and do as you have said. So let your

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name be magnified forever, saying, The Lord of

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hosts is the God over Israel. And let the house

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of your servant David be established before you.

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For you, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, have

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revealed this to your servant, saying, I will

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build you a house. Therefore your servant has

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found it in his heart to pray this prayer to

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you. And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your

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words are true, and you have promised this goodness

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to your servant. Now therefore let it please

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you to bless the house of your servant, that

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it may continue before you forever. For you,

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O Lord God, have spoken it, and with your blessing

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let the house of your servant be blessed forever.

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I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as

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I did, and I look forward to seeing you again

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tomorrow to continue on our journey. God bless

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you and have a great day.