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2 Samuel 7:9

2 Samuel 7:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

And I was: 2 Samuel 5:10, 2 Samuel 8:6, 2 Samuel 8:14, 2 Samuel 22:30, 2 Samuel 22:34-38; 1 Samuel 18:14; 1 Chronicles 17:8

cut off: 2 Samuel 22:1; 1 Samuel 31:6; Psalms 18:37-42, Psalms 89:23

out of thy sight: Heb. from thy face

a great: Genesis 12:2; 1 Samuel 2:8; 1 Chronicles 17:8; Psalms 113:7-8; Luke 1:52

like unto: Psalms 87:3-6

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