⁵“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you^o 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 tent^r 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 shepherd^u my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house^v 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 ruler^y 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 plant^d them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed.^e Wicked^f people will not oppress them anymore,^g as they did at the beginning ¹¹and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders^a^h over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies.ⁱ

“ ‘The Lord declares^j to you that the Lord himself will establish^k a house^l for you: ¹²When your days are over and you rest^m 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 house^p for my Name,^q and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.^r ¹⁴I will be his father, and he will be my son.^s When he does wrong, I will punish him^t with a rod^u wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. ¹⁵But my love will never be taken away from him,^v as I took it away from Saul,^w whom I removed from before you. ¹⁶Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me^b; your throne^x will be established^y forever.^z’ ”

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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

aTraditionally judges
bSome Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts you

Cross references

o 1 Ki 8:19; 1 Ch 22:8
p 1 Ki 5:3–5; 1 Ch 28:3
q Ac 7:45
r Ex 40:18, 34; Jos 18:1
s 1 Ki 8:16
t Dt 23:14
uSee 2 Sa 5:2
v 1 Ki 8:27; Isa 66:1
w Lev 26:11–12
xSee 1 Sa 16:11; 1 Ch 21:17; Ps 74:1; Am 7:15
ySee 1 Sa 2:7–8; See 9:16; See 16:1; See 2 Sa 6:21
z Ps 78:70–72; 2 Co 6:18*
aSee 1 Sa 18:14; 2 Sa 5:10
b Ps 18:37–42
cSee Ex 11:3
dSee Ex 15:17; Isa 5:1–7
e 2 Ki 21:8; 2 Ch 33:8
f Ps 89:22–23
g Ps 147:14; Isa 54:14; 60:18
hSee Jdg 2:16; 1 Sa 12:9–11
iver 1
j 1 Ki 2:24
k 1 Sa 25:28; Ps 89:35–37; See Mt 1:1; Lk 1:32–33; Ac 13:22–23; 2 Ti 2:8
lSee Ex 1:21; Isa 7:2
mSee Ge 15:15; 1 Ki 2:1; Ac 13:36
n 1 Ki 8:20; Ps 132:11–12; Jer 30:21; 33:15
o 2 Ch 23:3
pSee Dt 12:5; 1 Ki 6:12
q Dt 16:11; 1 Ki 5:5; 8:19, 29; 2 Ki 21:4, 7
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
s Ps 2:7; 89:26; Jer 3:19; See Mt 3:17; Jn 1:49; 2 Co 6:18*; Heb 1:5*; Rev 21:7
tSee Dt 8:5; 1 Ki 11:34; 1 Ch 22:10; Heb 12:7
u Ps 89:30–33; Pr 13:24
vver 25; 1 Ki 2:4; 6:12; 8:25; 9:5; 11:13, 32; 2 Ki 19:34; 2 Ch 6:16; 7:18; 21:7; Ps 89:24, 33; Jer 33:17
wSee 1 Sa 13:13; See 15:28; 16:14
x Ps 89:36–37; See Lk 1:33
y Ps 9:7; 93:2; 103:19
zSee ver 13