2 Samuel 7:1–16

And it came to pass, ^awhen the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies; ²that the king said unto ^bNathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in ^ca house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within ^dcurtains. ³And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is ^ein thine heart; for the Lord is with thee. ⁴And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying, ⁵Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, ^fShalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in? ⁶Whereas I have not dwelt in any house ^gsince the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in ^ha tent and in a tabernacle. ⁷In all the places wherein I have ⁱwalked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded ^kto feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me a house of cedar? ⁸Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, ^lI took thee from ^mthe sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: ⁹and ⁿI was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee ^oa great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. ¹⁰Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will ^pplant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and ^qmove no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, ¹¹and as ^rsince the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have ^scaused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee ^tthat he will make thee a house. ¹²And ^uwhen thy days be fulfilled, and thou ^xshalt sleep with thy fathers, ^yI will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. ^13zHe shall build a house for my name, and I will ^astablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. ^14bI will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he ^ccommit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: ¹⁵but my mercy shall not depart away from him, ^das I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. ¹⁶And thine house and thy kingdom shall be stablished for ever before thee: ^ethy throne shall be stablished for ever.