^7:4That night the Lord told Nathan,⁶^7:5“Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in? ^7:6I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent.⁷^7:7Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say⁸ to any of the leaders⁹ whom I appointed to care for¹⁰ my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?” ’

^7:8“So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd¹¹ to make you leader of my people Israel. ^7:9I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated¹² all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.¹³^7:10I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle¹⁴ them there; they will live there and not be disturbed¹⁵ any more. Violent men¹⁶ will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning ^7:11and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief¹⁷ from all your enemies. The Lord declares¹⁸ to you that he himself¹⁹ will build a dynastic house²⁰ for you. ^7:12When the time comes for you to die,²¹ I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you,²² and I will establish his kingdom. ^7:13He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.²³^7:14I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings. ^7:15But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. ^7:16Your house and your kingdom will stand before me²⁴ permanently; your dynasty²⁵ will be permanent.’ ” ^7:17Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.²⁶

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Footnotes

6 Heb “the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to Nathan.”
7 Heb “in a tent and in a dwelling.” The expression is a hendiadys, using two terms to express one idea.
8 Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.
9 Heb “tribes” (so , , ), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges.”
10 Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so , ).
11 Heb “and from after the sheep.”
12 Heb “cut off.”
13 Heb “and I will make for you a great name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.”
14 Heb “plant.”
15 Heb “shaken.”
16 Heb “the sons of violence.”
17 Or “rest.”
18 In the Hebrew text the verb is apparently perfect with vav consecutive, which would normally suggest a future sense (“he will declare”; so the , ἀπαγγελεῖ [apangelei]). But the context seems instead to call for a present or past nuance (“he declares” or “he has declared”). The synoptic passage in 1 Chr 17:10 has וָאַגִּד (va’aggid, “and I declared”). The construction used in 2 Sam 7:11 highlights this important statement.
19 Heb “the Lord.”
20 Heb “house,” but used here in a metaphorical sense, referring to a royal dynasty. Here the Lord’s use of the word plays off the literal sense that David had in mind as he contemplated building a temple for the Lord. To reflect this in the English translation the adjective “dynastic” has been supplied.
21 Heb, “when your days are full and you lie down with your ancestors.”
22 Heb “your seed after you who comes out from your insides.”
23 Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom permanently.”
24 Heb “before you.” A few medieval Hebrew read instead “before me,” which makes better sense contextually. (See also the and the .) The reading is probably the result of dittography (note the ך [kaf] at the beginning of the next form), with the extra ך then being interpreted as a pronominal suffix.
25 Heb “throne.”
26 Heb “according to all these words and according to all this revelation, so Nathan said to David.”