2 Samuel 7:27 (WEB)
For you, LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.
Catechism · 1
“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.
Fathers and councils · 2
Augustine of Hippo
“Each one might say that this happened to him, but that it happened not to others, if we did not find in the holy Scripture David praying in a certain place, and saying, “Since I have found my heart, O Lord, so that I might pray unto Thee.”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. vii. 27.
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Gregory the Great
“Hence, when he returns to himself, he says, Thy servant hath found his heart to pray to Thee (2 Sam. vii. 27).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 13
Parallel passages
2 Samuel 7:27 and 1 Chronicles 17:25 share the same wording (12 words).
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