New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Samuel 7:2-17

2that the king said to 1Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in 2a house of cedar, but the ark of God 3dwells within tent curtains.” 3Nathan said to the king, “4Go, 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, “5Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in? 6For 6I 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 7in a tent, even in a 8tabernacle. 7 9Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, 10which 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, “11I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, 12to be ruler over My people Israel. 9 13I have been with you wherever you have gone and 14have 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 15will plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, 16nor will the 17wicked afflict them any more as formerly, 11even 18from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and 19I will give you rest from all your enemies. The Lord also declares to you that 20the Lord will make a house for you. 12 21When your days are complete and you 22lie down with your fathers, 23I will raise up your 24descendant after you, who will come forth from 25you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 26He shall build a house for My name, and 27I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 28I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; 29when 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, 30as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 31Your house and your kingdom shall endure before 32Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’” 17In accordance with all these words and all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

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Notes

1. 2 Samuel 7:2 2 Sam 7:17; 12:1; 1 Kin 1:22; 1 Chr 29:29; 2 Chr 9:29 ↩
2. 2 Samuel 7:2 2 Sam 5:11 ↩
3. 2 Samuel 7:2 Ex 26:1 ↩
4. 2 Samuel 7:3 1 Kin 8:17, 18; 1 Chr 22:7 ↩
5. 2 Samuel 7:5 1 Kin 5:3, 4; 8:19 ↩
6. 2 Samuel 7:6 Josh 18:1; 1 Kin 8:16 ↩
7. 2 Samuel 7:6 Ex 40:18, 34 ↩
8. 2 Samuel 7:6 Lit dwelling place ↩
9. 2 Samuel 7:7 Lev 26:11, 12 ↩
10. 2 Samuel 7:7 2 Sam 5:2 ↩
11. 2 Samuel 7:8 1 Sam 16:11, 12; Ps 78:70, 71 ↩
12. 2 Samuel 7:8 2 Sam 6:21 ↩
13. 2 Samuel 7:9 1 Sam 5:10 ↩
14. 2 Samuel 7:9 Ps 18:37-42 ↩
15. 2 Samuel 7:10 Ex 15:17; Is 5:2, 7 ↩
16. 2 Samuel 7:10 Ps 89:22, 23; Is 60:18 ↩
17. 2 Samuel 7:10 Lit sons of wickedness ↩
18. 2 Samuel 7:11 Judg 2:14-16; 1 Sam 12:9-11 ↩
19. 2 Samuel 7:11 2 Sam 7:1 ↩
20. 2 Samuel 7:11 1 Sam 25:28; 2 Sam 7:27 ↩
21. 2 Samuel 7:12 1 Kin 2:1 ↩
22. 2 Samuel 7:12 Deut 31:16; Acts 13:36 ↩
23. 2 Samuel 7:12 1 Kin 8:20; Ps 132:11 ↩
24. 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit seed ↩
25. 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit your bowels ↩
26. 2 Samuel 7:13 1 Kin 6:12; 8:19 ↩
27. 2 Samuel 7:13 Is 9:7; 49:8 ↩
28. 2 Samuel 7:14 Ps 89:26, 27; 2 Cor 6:18; Heb 1:5 ↩
29. 2 Samuel 7:14 1 Kin 11:34; Ps 89:30-33 ↩
30. 2 Samuel 7:15 1 Sam 15:23; 16:14 ↩
31. 2 Samuel 7:16 2 Sam 7:13; Ps 89:36, 37 ↩
32. 2 Samuel 7:16 So with Gr and some ancient mss; M.T. you ↩

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