2 Samuel 7:4–11

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 an 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 an 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 an house.