2 Samuel 7

¹And it happened, when the king had settled in his palace and the LORD had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,

²The king said to Nathan the prophet, 'See now, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwells within a curtain.'

³And Nathan said to the king, 'All that is in your heart, go, do it, for the Lord is with you.'

⁴But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

⁵'Go and say to my servant David: Thus says the LORD -- are you the one who will build me a house for me to dwell in?'

⁶For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought up the children of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent and a tabernacle.

⁷In all the places where I have traveled among all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any one of the tribes of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'

⁸Now therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David: 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be a leader over my people Israel.'

⁹And I have been with you wherever you went, and I have cut off all your enemies before you; and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.

¹⁰And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more; and the sons of wickedness shall no longer afflict them, as in the former time.

¹¹And from the day I appointed judges over my people Israel, I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house.

¹²When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

¹³He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

¹⁴I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

¹⁵But my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

¹⁶Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before you; your throne shall be established forever.

¹⁷In accordance with all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

¹⁸Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, 'Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?'

²⁰And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God.

²¹For the sake of your word and according to your own heart you have done all this greatness, to make your servant know.

²²Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you, and there is no god besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

²³And who is like your people Israel, a unique nation in the earth, whom God went to redeem for himself as a people and to make a name for himself, and to do for you all the great and awesome things for your land, before your people whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods?

²⁴And you established for yourself your people Israel to be yours as a people forever; and you, O Lord, have been their God.

²⁵And now, O Lord God, the word that you spoke concerning your servant and his house, confirm it forever, and do as you have spoken.

²⁶May your name be magnified forever, saying, 'The Lord of Hosts is God over Israel,' and may the house of your servant David be established before you.

²⁷For you, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found his heart to pray this prayer to you.

²⁸And now, O Lord God, you are the God, and may your words be true, for you have spoken to your servant this good thing.

²⁹Now therefore, be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant shall be blessed forever.