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2 Samuel 7:6-8
American Standard Version
2 Samuel 7:6-8
American Standard Version
6 for I have not dwelt in a house since the day 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. 7 In all places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with [a]any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar? 8 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the [b]sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be [c]prince over my people, over Israel;
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- 2 Samuel 7:7 In 1 Chr. 17:6, any of the judges.
- 2 Samuel 7:8 Or, pasture
- 2 Samuel 7:8 Or, leader
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