“1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD
had given him rest round about from all his enemies; 2 That the king
said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but
the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. 3 And Nathan said to the king,
Go, do all that [is] in thine heart; for the LORD [is] with thee.”
“4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto
Nathan, saying, 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD,
Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? 6 Whereas I have not
dwelt in [any] house since the time that I brought up the children of
Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in
a tabernacle. 7 In all [the places] wherein I have walked with all the
children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom
I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an
house of cedar? 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from
following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 9 And I
was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine
enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the
name of the great [men] that [are] in the earth. 10 Moreover I will
appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may
dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the
children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, 11 And as
since the time that I commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel,
and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD
telleth thee that he will make thee an house. 12 And when thy days be
fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed
after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish
his kingdom. 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish
the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 I will be his father, and he
shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod
of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 15 But my mercy
shall not depart away from him, as I took [it] from Saul, whom I put
away before thee. 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be
established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for
ever. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision,
so did Nathan speak unto David.”
“18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who
[am] I, O Lord GOD? and what [is] my house, that thou hast brought me
hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD;
but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to
come. And [is] this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? 20 And what can David
say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. 21 For thy
word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these
great things, to make thy servant know [them]. 22 Wherefore thou art
great, O LORD God: for [there is] none like thee, neither [is there any]
God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23
And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people, [even] like
Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him
a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land,
before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, [from] the
nations and their gods? 24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people
Israel [to be] a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become
their God. 25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken
concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish [it] for
ever, and do as thou hast said. 26 And let thy name be magnified for
ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God over Israel: and let the
house of thy servant David be established before thee. 27 For thou, O
LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I
will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart
to pray this prayer unto thee. 28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou [art] that
God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto
thy servant: 29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of
thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord
GOD, hast spoken [it]: and with thy blessing let the house of thy
servant be blessed for ever.” (2 Samuel 7:1-29 AV)
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