2Samuel - Chapter 7 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 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 {cf15I is} in thine heart; for the LORD {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I men} that {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I am} I, O Lord GOD? and what {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I them}.
  • 22. Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for {cf15I there is} none like thee, neither {cf15I is there any} God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
  • 23. And what one nation in the earth {cf15I is} like thy people, {cf15I 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, {cf15I from} the nations and their gods?
  • 24. For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel {cf15I 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 {cf15I it} for ever, and do as thou hast said.
  • 26. And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I it}: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
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