7:1 Now it came about, when the king lived in his house, and the LORD had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,
7:2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of God remains within the tent.”
7:3 Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your mind, for the LORD is with you.”
7:4 But in the same night, the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
7:5 “Go and say to My servant David, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Should you build Me a house for My dwelling?
7:6 For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; rather, I have been moving about in a tent, that is, in a dwelling place.
7:7 Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’ ” ’
7:8 Now then, this is what you shall say to My servant David: ‘This is what the LORD of armies says: “I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel.
7:9 And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have eliminated all your enemies from you; I will also make a great name for you, like the names of the great men who ①are on the earth.
▷ ①Or were
7:10 And I will establish a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, so that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will ①malicious people oppress them anymore as previously,
▷ ①Lit sons of malice
7:11 even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you.
7:12 When your days are finished and you ①lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your ②descendant after you, who will come from ③you, and I will establish his kingdom.
▷ ①I.e., die ②Lit seed ③Lit your bowels
7:13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
7:14 I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and with strokes of sons of mankind,
7:15 but My favor shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from you.
7:16 Your house and your kingdom shall endure before ①Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”
▷ ①As in LXX and some ancient mss; MT you
7:17 In accordance with all these words and all of this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
7:18 Then David the king came in and sat before the LORD, and he said, “Who am I, Lord ①GOD, and who are the members of my household, that You have brought me this far?
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
7:19 And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, Lord GOD, for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant regarding the distant future. And this is the ①custom of mankind, Lord GOD.
▷ ①Or law
7:20 Again what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, Lord GOD!
7:21 For the sake of Your word, and according to Your heart, You have done all this greatness, to let Your servant know.
7:22 For this reason You are great, Lord GOD; for there is no one like You, and there is no God except You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
7:23 And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, ①because of Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from other nations and their gods?
▷ ①Or before Your
7:24 For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, LORD, have become their God.
7:25 Now then, LORD God, the word that You have spoken about Your servant and his house, confirm it forever, and do just as You have spoken,
7:26 so that Your name may be great forever, by saying, ‘The LORD of armies is God over Israel’; and may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
7:27 For You, LORD of armies, God of Israel, have ①given a revelation to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house’; therefore Your servant has found ②courage to pray this prayer to You.
▷ ①Lit uncovered the ear of ②Lit his heart
7:28 Now then, Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth; and You have ①promised this good thing to Your servant.
▷ ①Lit spoken
7:29 And now, may ①it please You to bless the house of Your servant, so that it may continue forever before You. For You, Lord GOD, have spoken; and ②with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”
▷ ①Lit You be resolved and bless ②Lit from