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17 Nathan spoke to David in accordance with all these words and all of this vision.

David’s Prayer

18 Then King David went in and sat [in prayer] before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord [a]God, and what is my house (family), that You have brought me this far? 19 Yet this was very insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord God, for You have spoken also of Your servant’s house (royal dynasty) in the distant future. And this is the law and custom of man, O Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 7:18 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the chapter.

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