2 Samuel 7:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 12:6 : 6 And he said, Now give ear to my words: if there is a prophet among you I will give him knowledge of myself in a vision and will let my words come to him in a dream.
  • 1 Chr 17:3 : 3 But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
  • Amos 3:7 : 7 Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.

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  • 1 Chr 17:1-4
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    1 Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.

    2 And Nathan said to David, Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you.

    3 But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

    4 Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

  • 2 Sam 7:16-19
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    84%

    16 And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.

    17 So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.

    18 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

    19 And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

  • 2 Sam 7:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    1 Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side;

    2 The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent.

    3 And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.

  • 1 Chr 17:15-16
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    15 So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.

    16 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

  • 2 Sam 7:5
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    5 Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

  • 2 Sam 12:1
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    1 And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.

  • 1 Kgs 1:21-24
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    78%

    21 For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.

    22 And while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

    23 And they said to the king, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he went down on his face on the earth.

    24 And Nathan said, O my lord king, have you said, Adonijah is to be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom?

  • 2 Sam 12:5-7
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    5 And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:

    6 And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.

    7 And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;

  • 1 Kgs 6:11
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    11 (And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

  • 2 Sam 12:13
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    13 And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.

  • 1 Kgs 1:11-12
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    73%

    11 Then Nathan said to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, Has it not come to your ears that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king without the knowledge of David our lord?

    12 So now, let me make a suggestion, so that you may keep your life safe and the life of your son Solomon.

  • 2 Sam 12:15
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    15 Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.

  • 2 Sam 24:11
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    11 And David got up in the morning; now the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

  • 2 Chr 7:12
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    12 Now the Lord came to Solomon in a vision by night, and said to him, I have given ear to your prayer, and have taken this place for myself as a house where offerings are to be made.

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
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    32 And King David said, Send for Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

  • 2 Chr 1:7
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    7 In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.

  • Zech 7:4
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    4 Then the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying

  • 1 Kgs 8:17-18
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    17 Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    18 But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name;

  • 2 Chr 6:7-8
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    71%

    7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    8 But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:

  • 1 Chr 21:9
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    9 Then the word of the Lord came to Gad, David's seer, saying,

  • 2 Sam 7:25
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    25 And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!

  • 2 Sam 7:27
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    27 For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.

  • 2 Sam 7:11
    70%

    11 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.

  • 2 Sam 7:7-8
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    7 In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?

    8 Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

  • Jer 33:19
    70%

    19 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

  • 1 Chr 17:7
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    7 So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

  • 2 Sam 11:10
    69%

    10 And when word was given to David that Uriah had not gone down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house?

  • 2 Chr 6:4
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    4 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

  • Isa 38:4
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    4 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,

  • Ezek 7:1
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    1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 1 Chr 22:11
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    11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.

  • 2 Sam 12:25
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    25 And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.