Jubilee2000 - II Samuel - 7

7:1  And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

7:2  that the king said unto Nathan, the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.

7:3  And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that [is] in thy 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 hath the LORD said, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?

7:6  For I have not dwelt in [any] house since the time that I brought up the sons 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] in which I have walked with all the sons of Israel did I speak a word in any of the tribes of Israel, unto whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why did ye not build me a house of cedar?

7:8  Now, therefore, so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel;

7:9  and I have been with thee wherever thou didst walk 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 their place and never again be removed; neither shall the sons of iniquity afflict them any more as before,

7:11  since the time that I commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel. And I will cause thee to rest from all thy enemies. Likewise, the LORD makes thee to know that he will make thee a house.

7:12  And when thy days are 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 a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

7:14  I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men;

7:15  but my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took [it] from Saul, whom I took away from before thee.

7:16  And thy 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 King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, O Lord GOD, Who am I and what [is] my house that thou hast brought me thus far?

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 that this shall be the condition of a man, O Lord GOD.

7:20  And what more can David say unto thee? For thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.

7:21  For thou hast done all these great things by thy word and according to thine own heart to make thy servant know [them].

7:22  Therefore, 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 who in the earth is like thy people, like Israel? A Gentile for [the love of] whom God went to ransom as a people to himself and to give him a name and to do with you great and terrible things in thy land because of thy people whom thou didst redeem unto thee from Egypt, [from] the Gentiles and their gods?

7:24  For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel [to be] thy people for ever, and thou, LORD, have become their God.

7:25  And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house, raise [it] up for ever and do as thou hast said.

7:26  For [thus] shall thy name be magnified for ever that it [may] be said, The LORD of the hosts [is] God over Israel and that the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

7:27  For thou, O LORD of the hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house. Therefore, thy servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer in thy presence.

7:28  And now, O Lord GOD, thou [art] God, and thy words shall be firm, and thou hast spoken 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 the house of thy servant shall be blessed for ever.: