72 Samuel 7

1And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;Select 2 Samuel 7:1

2That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.Select 2 Samuel 7:2

3And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee.Select 2 Samuel 7:3

4And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,Select 2 Samuel 7:4

5Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?Select 2 Samuel 7:5

6Whereas 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.Select 2 Samuel 7:6

7In 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?Select 2 Samuel 7:7

8Now 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:Select 2 Samuel 7:8

9And 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.Select 2 Samuel 7:9

10Moreover 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,Select 2 Samuel 7:10

11And 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.Select 2 Samuel 7:11

12And 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.Select 2 Samuel 7:12

13He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.Select 2 Samuel 7:13

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:Select 2 Samuel 7:14

15But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.Select 2 Samuel 7:15

16And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.Select 2 Samuel 7:16

17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.Select 2 Samuel 7:17

18Then 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?Select 2 Samuel 7:18

19And 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?Select 2 Samuel 7:19

20And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant.Select 2 Samuel 7:20

21For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.Select 2 Samuel 7:21

22Wherefore 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.Select 2 Samuel 7:22

23And 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?Select 2 Samuel 7:23

24For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God.Select 2 Samuel 7:24

25And 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.Select 2 Samuel 7:25

26And 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.Select 2 Samuel 7:26

27For 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.Select 2 Samuel 7:27

28And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:Select 2 Samuel 7:28

29Therefore 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.Select 2 Samuel 7:29