⁷“Now this is what you will say to My servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel. ^h⁸I 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 in the land. ⁹I will establish a place for My people Israel and plant them, ⁱso that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they formerly have 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 fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who is one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹²He will build a house for Me, ^jand I will establish his throne forever. ¹³I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. ^kI will not take away My faithful love from him as I took it from the one who was before you. ^l¹⁴I will appoint him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.’ ” ^m

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Cross references

h17:7 1Sm 16:11–13
i17:9 Ex 15:17
j17:12 1Kg 5:2–5; 6:14, 38; 8:17–20; 2Ch 6:2
k17:13 Heb 1:5
l17:13 1Sm 15:23–28; 1Ch 10:14
m17:14 Ps 89:29, 36