In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I one [a]word with any of the tribes of Israel when I commanded the Judges to feed my people Israel? or said I, Why build ye not me an house of cedar trees?

Now therefore so say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, (A)I took thee from the sheepcote following the sheep, that thou mightest be ruler over my people, over Israel.

And I was with thee wheresoever thou hast walked, and have destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a [b]great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 7:7 As concerning building of an house: meaning, that without God’s express word, nothing ought to be attempted.
  2. 2 Samuel 7:9 I have made thee famous through all the world.

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