1 Chronicles 17:13-23
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13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
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14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
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15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
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16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
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17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
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18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
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19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
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20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
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22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
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23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.