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1 When
the king lived
in his house,
and the LORD
had given him
rest from all
his enemies all
around,
2 the
king said to
Nathan the prophet,
“See now, I
dwell in a
house of cedar,
but God’s ark dwells
within curtains.”
3 Nathan said
to the king, “Go, do all that
is in your
heart, for the
LORD is with
you.”
4 That
same night, the
LORD’s word came
to Nathan, saying,
5 “Go
and tell my
servant David, ‘The
LORD says, “Should
you build me
a house for
me to dwell
in?
6 For
I have not
lived in a
house since the
day that I
brought the
children of Israel
up out of
Egypt, even to
this day, but
have moved around
in a tent and
in a tabernacle.
7 In
all places in
which I have
walked with all
the children of
Israel, did I
say a word
to anyone from
the tribes of
Israel whom I
commanded to be
shepherd of my
people Israel,
saying, ‘Why have
you not built
me a house
of cedar?’ ” ’
8 Now
therefore tell my
servant David this:
‘The LORD of
Armies says, “I
took you from
the sheep pen,
from following the
sheep, to be
prince over my
people, over
Israel.
9 I
have been with
you wherever you
went, and have
cut off all
your enemies from
before you. I
will make you
a great name,
like the name
of the great
ones who are
in the earth.
10 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. The children
of wickedness will
not afflict them
any more, as
at the first,
11 and
as from the
day that I
commanded judges
to be over
my people Israel.
I will cause
you to rest
from all
your enemies. Moreover
the LORD tells
you that the
LORD will make
you a house.
12 When
your days are
fulfilled and you
sleep with
your fathers, I
will set up
your offspring
after you, who
will proceed out
of your body,
and I will
establish his
kingdom.
13 He
will build a
house for my
name, and I
will establish the
throne of his
kingdom forever.
14 I
will be his
father, and he
will be my
son. If he
commits iniquity,
I will chasten
him with the
rod of men
and with the
stripes of the
children of men;
15 but
my loving kindness
will not depart
from him, as
I took it
from Saul, whom
I put away
before you.
16 Your
house and your
kingdom will be
made sure forever
before you. Your
throne will be
established forever.” ’ ”
17 Nathan
spoke to David
all these words,
and according to
all this vision.
18 Then
David the king
went in and
sat before the
LORD; and he said,
“Who am I,
Lord
GOD, and what
is my house,
that you have
brought me this
far?
19 This
was yet a
small thing in
your eyes, Lord
GOD, but you
have spoken also
of your servant’s
house for a
great while to
come; and
this among men,
Lord GOD!
20 What
more can David
say to you?
For you know
your servant, Lord
GOD.
21 For
your word’s sake,
and according to
your own heart,
you have worked
all this greatness,
to make your
servant know it.
22 Therefore
you are great,
LORD God. For
there is no
one like you,
neither is there
any God besides
you, according to
all that we
have heard with
our ears.
23 What
one nation in
the earth is like
your people, even
like Israel, whom
God went to
redeem to himself
for a people,
and to make
himself a name,
and to do
great things for
you, and awesome
things for your
land, before your
people, whom you
redeemed to
yourself out of
Egypt, from the
nations and their
gods?
24 You
established for
yourself your
people Israel to
be your people
forever; and you,
LORD, became their
God.
25 “Now,
LORD God, the
word that you
have spoken
concerning your
servant, and
concerning his
house, confirm it
forever, and do
as you have
spoken.
26 Let
your name be
magnified forever, saying, ‘The
LORD of Armies
is God over
Israel; and the
house of your
servant David will
be established
before you.’
27 For
you, LORD of
Armies, the God
of Israel, have
revealed to your
servant, saying, ‘I
will build you
a house.’
Therefore your
servant has found
in his heart
to pray this
prayer to you.
28 “Now,
O Lord GOD,
you are God,
and your words
are truth, and you
have promised this
good thing to
your servant.
29 Now
therefore, let it
please you to
bless the house
of your servant,
that it may
continue forever
before you; for
you, Lord GOD,
have spoken it.
Let the house
of your servant
be blessed forever
with your
blessing.”