2
Samuel 7
New
King James Version (NKJV)
God’s
Covenant with David
7 Now it
came to pass when the king was dwelling in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all
his enemies all around,
2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See
now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent
curtains.”
3 Then Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in
your heart, for the Lord is with
you.”
4 But it happened that night that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
5 “Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Would you build a house for Me to
dwell in?
6 For I have not dwelt in a house since the time
that I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt, even to this day, but have
moved about in a tent and in a tabernacle.
7 Wherever I have moved about with all the
children of Israel, have I ever spoken a word to anyone from the tribes of
Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you
not built Me a house of cedar?’”’
8 Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant
David, ‘Thus says the Lord of
hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler
over My people, over Israel.
9 And I have been with you wherever you have gone,
and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a great
name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth.
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; nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them anymore, as
previously,
11 since the time that I commanded judges to
be over My people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your
enemies. Also the Lord tells
you that He will make you a house.
12 “When your days are fulfilled and you rest with
your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body,
and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will
establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
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 blows
of the sons of men.
15 But My mercy shall not depart from him, as I
took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
16 And your house and your kingdom shall be
established forever before you. Your throne shall be established
forever.”’”
17 According to all these words and according to
all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
David’s
Thanksgiving to God
18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said: “Who am I,
O Lord God? And what is my
house, that You have brought me this far?
19 And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O
Lord God; and You have also
spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come. Is this
the manner of man, O Lord God?
20 Now what more can David say to You? For You,
Lord God, know Your servant.
21 For Your word’s sake, and according to Your own
heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them.
22 Therefore You are great, O Lord God. For there is none
like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all
that we have heard with our ears.
23 And who is like Your people,
like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as
a people, to make for Himself a name—and to do for Yourself great and awesome
deeds for Your land—before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt,
the nations, and their gods?
24 For You have made Your people Israel Your very
own people forever; and You, Lord,
have become their God.
25 “Now, O Lord God,
the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his
house, establish it forever and do as You have said.
26 So let Your name be magnified forever, saying,
‘The Lord of hosts is the
God over Israel.’ And let the house of Your servant David be established before
You.
27 For You, O Lord of
hosts, God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant,
saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore Your servant has found it in his
heart to pray this prayer to You.
28 “And now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your words are true, and You have
promised this goodness to Your servant.
29 Now therefore, let it please You to bless the
house of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for You, O Lord God, have spoken it, and
with Your blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”
