2 Samuel 7:16–19

16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before meb; your thronex will be establishedy forever.z’ ”

17 Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.

David’s Prayer

7:18–29pp—1Ch 17:16–27

18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said:

“Who am I,a Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 19 And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign Lord, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant—and this decree,b Sovereign Lord, is for a mere human!c