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2 Samuel 7:6-8
Lexham English Bible
2 Samuel 7:6-8
Lexham English Bible
6 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought up the Israelites[a] from Egypt until this day; rather, I was going about in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all of my going about among all the Israelites,[b] did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, ‘Why did you not build me a cedar house?’”’ 8 So then, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “I took you from the pasture from following[c] the sheep to be a leader over my people, over Israel,
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- 2 Samuel 7:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- 2 Samuel 7:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- 2 Samuel 7:8 Literally “from behind”
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