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2 Samuel 7:5

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Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:3

    And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee.

  2. 2 Samuel 7:4

    And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,

  3. 2 Samuel 7:6

    Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

  4. 2 Samuel 7:7

    In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

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