2 Samuel 7:12–29

¹²“^aWhen your days are complete and you ^blie down with your fathers, ^cI will raise up your ¹descendant after you, who will come forth from ²you, 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 correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men,

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

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

¹⁷In accordance with all these words and all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

David’s Prayer

¹⁸Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord, and he said, “^aWho am I, O Lord ¹God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

¹⁹“And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord God, ^afor You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future. And ^bthis is the ¹custom of man, O Lord God.

²⁰“Again what more can David say to You? For ^aYou know Your servant, O Lord God!

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

²²“For this reason ^aYou are great, O Lord God; 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“For ^aYou have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and ^bYou, O Lord, have become their God.

²⁵“Now therefore, O Lord God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house, confirm it forever, and do as You have spoken,

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

²⁷“For You, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have ¹made a revelation to Your servant, saying, ‘^aI will build you a house’; therefore Your servant has found ²courage to pray this prayer to You.

²⁸“Now, O Lord God, You are God, and ^aYour words are truth, and You have ¹promised this good thing to Your servant.

²⁹“Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord God, have spoken; and ^awith Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”