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clothes of Stephen’s killers reflects his deep involvement in the sordid affair. And Paul heard those
marvelous words of Stephen,“do not charge them with this sin” (v. 60). As had Jesus before him
(Luke 23:34), Stephen prayed for God to forgive his killers.

According to all these words and accord-
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JUNE 27 ing to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to Da-
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16 Then King David went in and sat before
1 Chronicles 17:1–18:17
the LORD; and he said: “Who am I, O LORD
Now it came to pass, when David was God? And what is my house, that You have
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17 dwelling in his house, that David said to brought me this far? And yet this was a small
Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a thing in Your sight, O God; and You have also
house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of spoken of Your servant’s house for a great
the LORD is under tent curtains.” while to come, and have regarded me accord-
2 Then Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in ing to the rank of a man of high degree, O
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your heart, for God is with you.” LORD God. What more can David say to You
3 But it happened that night that the word of
God came to Nathan, saying, “Go and tell My
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servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: “You shall
not build Me a house to dwell in. For I have
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not dwelt in a house since the time that I 17:27 The Davidic Covenant in Chronicles
brought up Israel, even to this day, but have 1. 1 Chr. 17:7–27 God to Nathan to David
gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle 2. 1 Chr. 22:6–16 David to Solomon
to another. Wherever I have moved about with 3. 1 Chr. 28:6,7 David to Solomon
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all Israel, have I ever spoken a word to any of 4. 2 Chr. 6:8,9,16,17 Solomon to the nation
the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to 5. 2 Chr. 7:17,18 God to Solomon
shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you 6. 2 Chr. 13:4,5 Abijah to Jeroboam
not built Me a house of cedar?’ ” ’ Now there- 7. 2 Chr. 21:7 Chronicler’s commentary
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fore, thus shall you say to My servant David,
‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “I took you from
the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be for the honor of Your servant? For You know
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ruler over My people Israel. And I have been Your servant. O LORD, for Your servant’s
with you wherever you have gone, and have cut sake, and according to Your own heart, You
off all your enemies from before you, and have have done all this greatness, in making known
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made you a name like the name of the great all these great things. O LORD, there is none
men who are on the earth. Moreover I will like You, nor is there any God besides You,
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appoint a place for My people Israel, and will according to all that we have heard with our
plant them, that they may dwell in a place of ears. And who is like Your people Israel, the
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their own and move no more; nor shall the one nation on the earth whom God went to
sons of wickedness oppress them anymore, as redeem for Himself as a people—to make for
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previously, since the time that I commanded Yourself a name by great and awesome deeds,
judges to be over My people Israel. Also I will by driving out nations from before Your peo-
subdue all your enemies. Furthermore I tell ple whom You redeemed from Egypt? For
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you that the LORD will build you a house. And You have made Your people Israel Your very
it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, when own people forever; and You, LORD, have
you must go to be with your fathers, that I will become their God.
set up your seed after you, who will be of your 23 “And now, O LORD, the word which You have
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sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He spoken concerning Your servant and concern-
shall build Me a house, and I will establish his ing his house, let it be established forever, and
throne forever. I will be his Father, and he do as You have said. So let it be established,
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shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy that Your name may be magnified forever, say-
away from him, as I took it from him who was ing, ‘The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, is Is-
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before you. And I will establish him in My rael’s God.’ And let the house of Your servant
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house and in My kingdom forever; and his David be established before You. For You, O
throne shall be established forever.” ’ ” my God, have revealed to Your servant that
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