2 Samuel 7:21

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2 Samuel 7:21 (WEB)
For your word’s sake, and according to your own heart, you have worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.

Catechism · 1

§2579Article 1 · In the Old TestamentRead at vatican.va
“His prayer, the prayer of God's Anointed, is a faithful adherence to the divine promise and expresses a loving and joyful trust in God, the only King and Lord.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 2 Sam 7:18-29.

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Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith I.11Book I
“Of His heart—know that here is God’s word.” — editor's note: 1 Sam xiii. 14; 2 Sam. vii. 21.
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1 Chronicles 17:19
2 Samuel 7:21 and 1 Chronicles 17:19 share the same wording (14 words).

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Verse1 Chronicles 17:19

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PassageExposition of the Christian Faith I.11

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