Second
Samual
Chapter 7
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7:1 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;
7:2 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.
7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with
thee.
7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
7:6 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.
7:7 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?
7:8 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:
7:9 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.
7:10 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,
7:11 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.
7:12 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.
7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom
for ever.
7:14 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:
7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away from
him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne
shall be established for ever.
7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak
unto David.
7:18 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?
7:19 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?
7:20 And what can David say more unto thee?
for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
7:21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great
things, to make thy servant know them.
7:22 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.
7:23 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?
7:24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy
people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
7:25 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.
7:26 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.
7:27 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.
7:28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true,
and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
7:29 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.
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