1 Chronicles 17:7–14

⁷“So now this is what you are to say to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel.^{n 8}I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a name for you like that of the greatest on the earth. ⁹I will designate a place for my people Israel and plant them,^o so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they have done ¹⁰ever since the day I ordered judges to be over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies.

“ ‘Furthermore, I declare to you that the Lord himself will build a house for you. ¹¹When your time comes to be with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who is one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹²He is the one who will build a house for me,^p and I will establish his throne forever. ¹³I will be his father, and he will be my son.^q I will not remove my faithful love from him as I removed it from the one who was before you.^{r 14}I will appoint him over my house and my kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.’ ”^s