7:1And it came to pass, when the
king dwelt in his
house, and
Jehovah had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
7:2that the
king said unto
Nathan the
prophet, See now, I dwell in a
house of cedar, but the
ark of
God dwelleth within curtains.
7:3And
Nathan said to the
king, Go, do all that is in thy
heart; for
Jehovah is with thee.
7:4And it came to pass the same
night, that the
word of
Jehovah came unto
Nathan, saying,
7:5Go and tell my servant
David, Thus saith
Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a
house for me to dwell in?
7:6for I have not dwelt in a
house since the
day 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.
7:7In all 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 be shepherd of my
people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a
house of cedar?
7:8Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant
David, Thus saith
Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the
sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my
people, over
Israel;
7:9and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a great
name, like unto the
name of the great ones that are in the
earth.
7:10And I will appoint a
place for my
people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own
place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,
7:11and
as from the
day that I commanded judges to be over my
people Israel; and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover
Jehovah telleth thee that
Jehovah will make thee a
house.
7:12When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt
sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy
seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his
kingdom.
7:13He shall build a
house for my
name, and I will establish the throne of his
kingdom for ever.
7:14I 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;
7:15but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from
Saul, whom I put away before thee.
7:16And thy
house and thy
kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
7:17According to all these words, and according to all this
vision, so did
Nathan speak unto
David.
7:18Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far? 7:19And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come; and this too after the manner of men, O Lord Jehovah! 7:20And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord Jehovah. 7:21For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it. 7:22Wherefore thou art great, O Jehovah God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 7:23And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemest to thee out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods? 7:24And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God. 7:25And now, O Jehovah God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm thou it for ever, and do as thou hast spoken. 7:26And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee. 7:27For thou, O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. 7:28And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant: 7:29now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
