2 Samuel 7:12–29

¹²“^aWhen your days are fulfilled and you ^blie down with your fathers, ^cI will raise up one of your seed after you, who will come forth from ¹your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

¹³“^aHe shall build a house for My name, and ^bI will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

¹⁴“^aI will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; ^bwhen he commits iniquity, I will reprove him with the rod of men and the strikes from the sons of men,

¹⁵but My lovingkindness shall not be removed from him, ^aas I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

¹⁶“^aAnd your house and your kingdom shall ¹endure before ²Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”

¹⁷According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

David Magnifies Yahweh’s Name

¹⁸Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh, and he said, “^aWho am I, O Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

¹⁹“And yet this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord Yahweh, ^afor You have spoken also of the house of Your slave concerning the distant future. And ^bthis is the law of man, O Lord Yahweh.

²⁰“And again what more can David say to You? And ^aYou know Your slave, O Lord Yahweh!

²¹“^aFor the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your slave know.

²²“For this reason ^aYou are great, O Lord Yahweh; for ^bthere is none like You, and there is no God besides You, ^caccording to all that we have heard with our ears.

²³“And ^awhat one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and ^bto do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before ^cYour people whom ^dYou have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods?

²⁴“Yet ^aYou have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and ^bYou, O Yahweh, have become their God.

²⁵“So now, O Yahweh God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your slave and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as You have spoken,

^26athat Your name may be magnified forever, by saying, ‘Yahweh of hosts is God over Israel’; and the house of Your ¹servant David shall be established before You.

²⁷“For You, O Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed in the hearing of Your slave, saying, ‘^aI will build you a house’; therefore Your slave has found courage in his heart to pray this prayer to You.

²⁸“So now, O Lord Yahweh, You are God, and ^aYour words are truth, and You have ¹promised this good thing to Your slave.

²⁹“So now, be pleased and bless the house of Your slave, that it may be forever before You. For You, O Lord Yahweh, have spoken; and ^awith Your blessing may the house of Your slave be blessed forever.”