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2 Samuel 7:1–13

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God’s Promise to David

7:1–17pp—1Ch 17:1–15

7After the king was settled in his palaceh and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemiesi around him,j 2he said to Nathank the prophet, “Here I am, living in a housel of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”m

3Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind,n go ahead and do it, for the Lord is with you.”

4But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:

5“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are youo the one to build me a house to dwell in?p 6I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day.q I have been moving from place to place with a tentr as my dwelling.s 7Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites,t did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherdu my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a housev of cedar?w” ’

8“Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock,x and appointed you rulery over my people Israel.z 9I have been with you wherever you have gone,a and I have cut off all your enemies from before you.b Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth.c 10And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plantd them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed.e Wickedf people will not oppress them anymore,g as they did at the beginning 11and have done ever since the time I appointed leadersah over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies.i

“ ‘The Lord declaresj to you that the Lord himself will establishk a housel for you: 12When your days are over and you restm with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood,n and I will establish his kingdom.o 13He is the one who will build a housep for my Name,q and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.r

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2 Samuel 7:10: And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly…

Footnotes

  1. aTraditionally judges

Cross references

  1. h2 Sa 6:3
  2. iver 11
  3. j1 Ch 22:18
  4. k2 Sa 12:1; 1 Ki 1:8, 22; 1 Ch 29:29; 2 Ch 9:29
  5. l2 Sa 5:11; 1 Ki 3:1; 7:1, 2, 7; 9:1; 2 Ch 8:1; Jer 22:14; Hag 1:4
  6. mSee Ex 26:1; Ps 132:3; Ac 7:45–46
  7. nSee 1 Sa 10:7; Ps 132:1–5
  8. o1 Ki 8:19; 1 Ch 22:8
  9. p1 Ki 5:3–5; 1 Ch 28:3
  10. qAc 7:45
  11. rEx 40:18, 34; Jos 18:1
  12. s1 Ki 8:16
  13. tDt 23:14
  14. uSee 2 Sa 5:2
  15. v1 Ki 8:27; Isa 66:1
  16. wLev 26:11–12
  17. xSee 1 Sa 16:11; 1 Ch 21:17; Ps 74:1; Am 7:15
  18. ySee 1 Sa 2:7–8; See 9:16; See 16:1; See 2 Sa 6:21
  19. zPs 78:70–72; 2 Co 6:18*
  20. aSee 1 Sa 18:14; 2 Sa 5:10
  21. bPs 18:37–42
  22. cSee Ex 11:3
  23. dSee Ex 15:17; Isa 5:1–7
  24. e2 Ki 21:8; 2 Ch 33:8
  25. fPs 89:22–23
  26. gPs 147:14; Isa 54:14; 60:18
  27. hSee Jdg 2:16; 1 Sa 12:9–11
  28. iver 1
  29. j1 Ki 2:24
  30. k1 Sa 25:28; Ps 89:35–37; See Mt 1:1; Lk 1:32–33; Ac 13:22–23; 2 Ti 2:8
  31. lSee Ex 1:21; Isa 7:2
  32. mSee Ge 15:15; 1 Ki 2:1; Ac 13:36
  33. n1 Ki 8:20; Ps 132:11–12; Jer 30:21; 33:15
  34. o2 Ch 23:3
  35. pSee Dt 12:5; 1 Ki 6:12
  36. qDt 16:11; 1 Ki 5:5; 8:19, 29; 2 Ki 21:4, 7
  37. rver 16; See Ge 9:16; 2 Sa 22:51; 1 Ki 2:4, 45; 1 Ch 22:10; 28:6; 2 Ch 6:16; 7:18; 13:5; 21:7; Ps 89:3–4, 29, 35–37; Pr 25:5; Isa 9:7; 16:5; Jer 17:25; 33:17, 21; Da 7:27

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