2 Samuel 7:1-13

11Now it came about when the king lived in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, 2that the king said to 2Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in 3a house of cedar, but the ark of God 4dwells within tent curtains.” 3Nathan said to the king, “5Go, do all that is in your mind, for the Lord is with you.”

4But in the same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, 5“Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord, “6Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in? 6For 7I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about 8in a tent, even in a 9tabernacle. 710Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, 11which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’ 8Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “12I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, 13to be ruler over My people Israel. 914I have been with you wherever you have gone and 15have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the names of the great men who are on the earth. 10I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and 16will plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, 17nor will the 18wicked afflict them any more as formerly, 11even 19from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and 20I will give you rest from all your enemies. The Lord also declares to you that 21the Lord will make a house for you. 1222When your days are complete and you 23lie down with your fathers, 24I will raise up your 25descendant after you, who will come forth from 26you, and I will establish his kingdom. 1327He shall build a house for My name, and 28I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.